The Zen Meathead

"Lead with love; rise above." On today's episode Chris and Sarah are joined by Kaje Thomas, life coach, addictions expert and founder of Full Circle Life Coaching. Our conversation today touches on the topics of pornography addiction and masturbation. Framing pornography as an addiction can be considered a controversial stance within the science community and society at large. Chris, Sarah, and Ka...

"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation."   - Henry David Thoreau   On today's episode, Chris and Sarah are joined by Jennifer MacNiven; a visionary photographer, world traveller, and author.   For this episode we cover many topics ranging from world travel, yoga, self discovery, mental health, making positive changes, and 'the journey'… the effect of Ayahuasca on the mind and soul. In this epis...

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit " -Will Durant On today's episode Chris and Sarah are joined by Doctor Robert Martinez with an exciting conversation on the topics of Holistic Medicine and the possibilities of Psychedelics. Holistic Medicine is a modern approach to healing that focuses on the whole person; not just the physical form, but also the mind, sp...

"You'll never become who you want to be if you're still attached to who you've been ."  Welcome to Zen Meathead's inaugural episode in our new recording studio, life change is the focus in today's episode. Change can be a difficult task for even the strongest of individuals.   In this episode, Chris is talking with his wife Sarah and Human Development Coach Lori Prutsman. Lori shares her knowledge...

"Science advances one funeral at a time ." -  Max Planck In today's episode, dieting and food take the centre stage. Food is a universal need for all life, and dieting is a social construct created by humanities obsession with being physically acceptable by todays beauty and health standards.   The internet contributes by causing an influx of misinformation about dieting and the impact that food h...

"If the core of your foundation is in disrepair, it's hard to be your best intellectual self." In today's episode, fitness and Sarah's success story takes the front row with the assistance of our guest Dean. Fitness is a core driver for our daily lives. Finding the motivation, navigating gym culture and social media can be a taxing endeavour.   Mental fortitude can be as much of a challenge as run...

"Anything you're not changing, you're choosing." "Tectonic shifts in my consciousness…My ideas about how the world and the universe work were breaking apart...they were doing that because they don't work…a release from this prison in my own mind." In todays episode we explore psychedelics as medicine. It's too easy to accumulate notions of yourself and the world that don't serve you and that can e...

Today we chat with fellow men's group worker, published author, motivational speaker and body worker Tony Rezac. You'll be hard pressed to find another individual with more passion around helping elevate the frequency of men in todays society! In the late 80s, it was becoming clear that men, especially young men, weren't showing up in the world the way that men traditionally would. There was no de...

The conversation and the original music in this episode is a journey that will probably change your world view. Dwaine Casmey has been 'there and back again', more than once, and the fact that he's here today to tell us the story, all laid back and in good humour, is testament to the incredible resilience of the human spirit. The details are in the conversation but what stands out is Dwaine's reso...

"Running into imposter syndrome and overcoming that thing will make you so much more competent." "We're more tormented by the things we didn't try that we really wanted to, than the things that we tried that we didn't like." As the leader of Microsoft's Insider Program, author of 8 or 9 books (she's not sure), and creator and designer of the Prima Dona fashion line (#DoTheThing), Dona Sarkar doesn...

This inaugural episode establishes The Zen Meathead podcast as a veritable source of lively, unscripted, grounded and mind-opening conversations that will bridge the gap and demystify the broad spectrum of spirituality for the average person. Your host, Chris Beatie, is joined by his wife, Sarah Beatie, his longtime friend, and today's special guest; Chris's very own spiritual coach, Eric Fernande...