The Third Way. Hosted by Justin Foster

In this week’s Manologue, I share my opinions on these seven topics: * Can we please stop asking each other “How are you?” * I’m at a stage of life where I can’t tell if I’m aging or evolving. * Alexei Navalny and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are lions * Country music’s moment * I love the Travis and Taylor story. It’s just a bonus that it pisses off the right people. * White dudes with cross necklaces out...

Bobby is a dear friend and client (who also officiated our wedding!). He recently responded to his calling to leave the ministry and become a leadership coach. With his gentle strength, well-honed intuition, and ability to ask great questions, Bobby is the perfect coach for today’s men. In this 3D Conversation, we talk about “The Lost Boys” - my term for men who have a lot of surface success but h...

In this Manologue episode, I share my perspectives on two different but over-lapping meditation paths - one for calmness and one for insight. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fosterthinking.substack.com/subscribe

It was great to have one of my best friends in the world back on my podcast! In this 3D conversation, Mike Green and I talk about the concept of personal expansion. Be sure to check out Mike’s Alaskan Personal Expansion experience! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fosterthinking.substack.com/subscribe

I don’t do a lot of “how to” stuff on the Third Way, but this Manologue shares some mindfulness methods that I’ve used to better understand my feelings and choose my behaviors. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fosterthinking.substack.com/subscribe

Creativity is an essential element of living a whole life. As ancient as time itself, creativity remains mostly misunderstood. One of the most creative people I know is singer-songwriter, explorer, and mystic Rusty Tinder . Rusty is one of my closest friends; one of several two-man support groups that I’m blessed to have. Rusty and I are also occasional songwriting collaborators. Be sure to check...

In this final podcast episode of 2023, I share some recent epiphanies about doing “The Work”. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fosterthinking.substack.com/subscribe

In this 3D Conversation on the Third Way podcast, I am re-joined by a prior guest - my partner in all ways, Dr. Virginia Lacayo . Our topic is Social Justice . As most of you know, Virginia is a life-long human rights activist and feminist who grew up in a war in Nicaragua and is now a US resident, entrepreneur, mindset coach, and complexity science expert. All of this adds up to a perspective on...

In this Manologue, I shared some epiphanies about how the highest priority for the day is to return to center (as often as it takes), what happens when we don’t, and the forces that want to keep us off-center. Here is the 8Cs of the Higher Self art piece created by my great friend, Allison Crow . Here are links to the books I mentioned: “Original Self” - Thomas Moore The book about centering praye...

David Casler is a former combat Marine and car bomb survivor and current entrepreneur, breathwork coach and mentor. David is also a prior guest on my podcast. This 3D Conversation is indicative of the many private conversations David and I have. In this particular conversation, we go 3D on masculinity. Follow David on Instagram and check out his LinkTree. This is a public episode. If you’d like to...

Happy Thanksgiving, y’all! In this Manologue, I reflect on being grateful for what’s possible not just for who and what we have. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fosterthinking.substack.com/subscribe

This is an extra special episode for me. Alan and I have been close friends for over a decade. He’s been a witness to my transformation and a steady source of comfort and friendship in the darkest of times. Shakti is newer but also instant friend - someone I consider part of my “Mother Circle” of older wise woman (which includes my mother-in-law, Ana, and my dear friend Ann Fry). And they both cam...

What learning to dance has taught me about failing. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fosterthinking.substack.com/subscribe

Mario Lanzarotti is a High-Performance Coach, TEDx Speaker, and the Founder of the ZenPreneur movement. He specializes in guiding entrepreneurs to scale their business while maintaining inner peace. I met Mario through a mutual friend and had the privilege of being a guest on his Zenpreneur Podcast . Based on that conversation, I knew I had to have a 3D Conversation with him. We did a Deep-dive, s...

What happens when you know exactly who you are but you no longer know how other people see you? This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fosterthinking.substack.com/subscribe

In the second installment of my new 3D Conversations format, I have a in-depth discussion with one of my best friends and one of the smartest people I know, Juan Kingsbury. Juan is a wizard at unpacking the DISC behavioral assessment for both individuals and teams. As a reminder, the 3D format is … * Deep dive: I will ask the expert a series of questions that give them the opportunity to enlighten...

In this kick-off episode of my new series called Manologues, I get raw and real about my faith. I share my faith background and my current faith identity. Trigger alert: I speak about what I call the “theology of brokenness”, a power structure and business model that is a major source of abuse in the world. I then share my thoughts on what I call a “Theology of Wholeness” - including some key prin...

This is the first of a new biweekly series I’m launching called 3D Conversations. This new format I designed to create an in-depth conversation around a specific topic with an expert guest. The flow matches the name! * Deep dive: I will ask the expert a series of questions that give them the opportunity to enlighten and educate the audience. * Debunking: We will address the top myths and misconcep...

Introduced to me by Juan Kingsbury , Yemi Penn is one of the more fascinating people I’ve meet recently. Based in Australia, Yemi is a curious rebel, original thinker, and beautiful soul. I love the line from her bio: “An engineer by profession, an entrepreneur by passion, a transformation thought leader by mission.” Like many guests, we could have covered a lot of topics but settled on the concep...

Monica Hopkins is the Executive Director of the ACLU’s DC chapter . Monica and I are both former Boiseans with a friendship that’s stretched back almost 20 years. While Monica and I often have different political views, we are both passionate about civil rights, justice, and protecting the rights of under-represented and/or traditionally oppressed peoples. As I’ve said many times recently, willful...

Jason Kyle is the founding creative of the app Mental, an action-oriented mental health tool for men. He is a former Peace Corps volunteer, stand-up comedian, and Hollywood writer. My friend and prior guest, Melia Dunn , introduced me to him. I absolutely love his energy, sense of humor, and creative mind. We focused on men’s mental health and both answered these questions: * What is your mental h...

Like many of my guests (and my friends), Sonal Soveni is multi-dimensional in both soul and skills. Sonal is an entrepreneur, artist, philanthropist, and filmmaker. She is also the Chief Muse and founder of The Table & Gallery, an innovative, multi-sensory atmosphere that promotes a collective experience through food, film, art, music, and books located in New Haven, CT. As with all conversations...

I’ve long felt that branding and marketing are agnostic tools; that if they can be used to manipulate, persuade, convince, etc. then they can also be used to inspire, invite, and empower. But to brand and market for good requires a certain level of consciousness. With that backdrop, I was excited to have my good friend, Ruoyun Xu Killian. Based here in Austin, Ruoyun has the heart of an activist a...

I’m perpetually fascinated by the human mind and how it impacts performance, so I was excited to have Jake Merriman on. He is a business guide, a mentor to world servers, and the founder of the Mahalo Academy. Jake and I visited about a term he uses: “equilibrated mind”. We both answered the following ... * How do you balance mind, body, and heart? * How does equilibrium affect performance?  * Wha...

If I were to choose the emotion that is most difficult for Americans (especially white people) to process it is grief. However, as Francis Weller so beautifully said, “Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the beginning. Their kinship reminds us that there is no love that does not contain loss and no loss that is not a reminder of the love we carry for what we once held close.” In that s...