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The quarantine life has me making old school phone calls. One of those calls was to an old radio friend, John Wessling. He and I played a significant role in bringing a Rock station to Victoria, TX in the mid 90s. This might not sound like an epic tale in today’s time of streaming music, but in 1993 the internet was in its infancy. The radio options in Victoria were country, adult contemporary and...

This week I cover some new terminology I’ve learned since the C19 outbreak. Social Distancing, Flattening the Curve, Shelter in Place and my favorite Covidiots. According to the Urban Dictionary a covidiot is someone who ignores the warnings regarding public health or safety. Or A person who hoards goods, denying them from their neighbors. I do think this isolation is bringing out the positive sid...

I can't decide if the COVID-19 quarantine is cabin fever or cabin bliss. It's probably both depending on my mood. I’ve learned 2 things since this whole outbreak happened. The first one is that it's really hard not to touch your face...like impossible, they say the average rate is 15 times per hour. The other thing I learned is that some people have a hard time staying at home. I can tell you...

I'm doing my best to calm the fears perpetuated by main stream media and answer the question of why toilet paper is the panic buy of 2020. I also give my best tips for maintaining a healthy immune system. It's a combination of healthy diet, strong mind set and a strict rule against watching the news. I saw a post this week that read "the ones that sell the fear will also sell the cure". Fear leads...

Buddhists have a concept called the Beginner’s Mind. It’s an attempt to stay open and avoid complacency. Sometimes knowledge can be a curse. Experience is a wonderful thing. However, knowledge and understanding of how things work can prevent us from seeing clearly. I also discuss an article I found called Humble Narcissism. It might sound like a contradiction, but the two can be a nice combination...

I first heard about the third eye from Tool’s album Aenima. That album was where I first heard of the comedian Bill Hicks who spoke at length about the third eye. I thought it was a metaphor for perceiving the world as it is rather than glossed over facade that commercials and tv shows lead us to believe Turns out it's actually a physical thing and it’s also known as the pineal gland. It is a conn...

One of my favorite aspects of the ancient astronaut theory is that of Portals and Stargates, Einstein's theory of relativity established the ability to connect two rejoins in space time in order to create a worm hole that would enable us to travel vast distances in space 10x faster than the speed of light. This means that the existence of portals or stargates becomes a matter of science rather tha...

The Matrix turned 20 years old last year and I look at that movie as a documentary not a work of fiction. There are some clues in our world that indicate that we are in a simulation much like a video game rather than a physical reality. As the kid told Neo in the waiting room "the secret to bending the spoon is that there is no spoon". I also give my hot take on the Coronavirus and how we can tack...

I can’t believe I still get FOMO from not consuming the news. When the urge arises I find more interesting things to read. One of those is Dr. Joe Dispenza’s book Becoming Supernatural. This is a profound book on the power we all have to create our own reality. We are, quite literally supernatural by nature if given the proper knowledge we can develop the skill of creating a more efficient, balanc...

The latest research in neuroscience points to the source of our long term memory being a virus. As a result of the study, researchers now believe that a chance encounter occurring hundreds of millions of years ago, led to the virus's influence in our memory function today. My theory on how this happened? ALIENS! They upgraded our hard drives to include long term memories. That theory may be false...

I recently had a fall while running that is going to prevent me from the trail race I've been talking about for the last few months. About a week ago I was on a run through a park with paved trails and I tripped landing all my weight on my left knee. Nothing broken but it hurts like hell to bend and it was swollen to about twice it’s normal size. I thought about how ironic it was that I could run...

I finally got around to watching the documentary about the life and times of Mr. Rogers 'Won't You Be My Neighbor'. It's interesting how a personality that was a big part of my childhood had so many surprises for me. This is exactly what a documentary should be. After seeing it I'm convinced that Mr. Rogers was a total bad ass. I also talk about some ways that Empaths can set healthy boundaries. T...

Are You an Empath? Some of the signs are being able to tell when someone is lying to you, feeling an overwhelming desire to help those around you and being someone that people go to for advice. It can be draining sometimes, but being an empath is a gift. You have real conversations and you always know exactly what to say, when it needs to be said. When I started this episode I was certain I was an...

I've noticed some people bashing 2019 like it's the worst enemy ever and thinking that 2020 will be the silver bullet year that solves all their problems. I think this is a bad idea. Time is an illusion and using some arbitrary number on a calendar sets us up for failure and disappointment. This all ties into he Cherokee parable about the wolf we feed.  January  Playlist https://open.spo...

I can't seem to get enough of these people that channel. Today I talk about Ester Hicks who channels an entity called Abraham. She is another teacher that says we chose to manifest here in our current life situations. One of her main lessons is that we need to give up resistance and simply get out of our own way to manifest what we want. You don’t have to fix or improve anything. Instead of fixing...

I used to keep score with everyone from Friends, to co-workers. Who called who last?  Who shows up late the most? Who did the dishes last night? I finally realized that no one cares about the scorecard in my brain. This was the source of unhappiness as well as a sign of low confidence. We can’t even trust ourselves, one study found that 75% of people overestimate their role in relationships. I had...

One of the new phrases or words I’ve heard recently that I really like is self-care. As popular as that word is I think it’s not practiced enough. I hear a lot of successful people really beating themselves up over all kinds of things. Not making enough money or having enough success. How they should have a better relationship or be a better parent. If our friends treated us the way we do sometime...

Impossible Burger CEO Pat Brown is on a mission to replace meat with plant based products by 2035. This could be the big change we need to reverse climate change. Cattle ranching is responsible for massive deforestation in the rain forest and uses 50% of our water supply. Join me this week as i discuss how the Impossible burger is not the veggie patty you might be used to. It's so close to meat I...

I’ve been listening to some Delores Cannon lately and she says we chose this life and our parents before ever being born and manifesting on earth. At first this seemed crazy. I can get on board with us manifesting here but choosing our parents? That seemed insane to me, but she has an interesting theory on this. She says we chose to come to earth from various dimensions, we might have chosen diffi...

I talk a lot about personal development, but I'm not a guru or a spiritual know it all. I have more guilty pleasures than I can count and today I talk about a few of my favorites. I think this actually keeps me grounded and from being a self-righteous jerk. Buddhists have a concept known as the 'middle way' as a means of keeping the ego from taking over a spiritual practice. This is the path I'm t...

We absorb other peoples energy and thoughts. This goes beyond being careful of the top 5 people you hang out with the most. We become part of pendulums of energy all the time. I have to be mindful of what pendulums I am a part of and also to be vigilant and take responsibility for the thoughts coming in. I also get into Warren Buffett's 3 steps to become super successful. Thank you for listening! ...

I first heard that kindness is magic on the Netflix show Derek. Now I see memes about it everywhere and it really is superpower. Just something as simple as listening to someone tell their story is a rare form of kindness. I hope you enjoy this episode. Thanks for listening! Kindness mediation https://youtu.be/c2iCoEluq8A The Coffee Buzz November Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0LGZgG9...

Sometimes when I look in the mirror I don't feel as old as the guy that stares back at me. Obviously we all age, but I don't think we have to buy into the belief that we have to age gracefully. Let's age with enthusiasm. Today I talk about intermittent fasting, exercise, meditation and of course a whole food plant based diet. Thank you so much for listening! The 7 Day Vegan Challenge https://ancho...

The Temple of Satan is giving Christian groups a civic lesson when they attempt to put statues of the Ten Commandments on courthouse grounds by erecting their own statue. It's a 9 food tall figure with a goat head and a male body known as Baphomet.   I talk about the documentary, 'Hail Satan?' that chronicles the unlikely rise of this group and one of my favorite philosophers Alan Watts. Than...

We think anywhere from 60,000 to 80,000 thoughts a day. Most of which are negative and redundant, but where do they come from? The subconscious mind. These programs were installed for us in the first 7 years of our life and we had no choice on what they were. Join me today as I dive into how to re-install the subconscious programs and manifest the life we want. Thanks for listening!  The Coffee Bu...