Almost Awakened: 070: How We Experience Conflict And Taking The Tie
Today Bill brings some Buddhism in and discusses the cause of suffering or grasping at how we want the world to be rather than sit […]
Apr 26, 2021•32 min
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Almost Awakened: 069: Brittney Hartley & Bill Reel – A Deep Conversation
This conversation is held that involves the following 5 questions as well as other interesting places we take the conversation along the way. 1. What […]
Mar 07, 2021•2 hr
Almost Awakened: 068: Gamestop, GME Stock, WallStreetBets, and The Squeeze
The excitement surrounding the GME Gamestop Stock story for the last week has been palpable. So In today’s Episode of Almost Awakened I explain as […]
Jan 29, 2021•26 min
Almost Awakened: 067: Veronica Funess -Sex, Shame, and Negotiation
Today with sit down with Veronica Funess, Intimacy Coach in Training and we discuss sexual shame that exists within society. We discuss how healthy negotiation […]
Jan 26, 2021•58 min
Almost Awakened: 066: Phil McLemore & Bill Reel – What Is The Life Well Lived
My friend Phil McLemore comes back on the podcast and this time to debate the question of “What is the life well lived”? We talk […]
Jan 23, 2021•1 hr 39 min
Almost Awakened: 064: Jonathan Westover and the Alchemy of Leadership
I sit down with my friend, Professor, Podcaster, and Author Jon Westover and we discuss his new book, “The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership: Ordinary, […]
Jan 10, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Almost Awakened: 063: Are We Not all Seeking Acceptance?
Bill talks today about how each of us is quirky, how each of us is seeking validation and acceptance. How we each are weird and […]
Dec 15, 2020•21 min
Almost Awakened: 062: Moms and Thanksgiving
Holidays tend to bring up things within us and for Bill and his wife Amanda, this Thanksgiving was one of those. From Amanda’s emotional awareness […]
Nov 30, 2020•11 min
Almost Awakened: 061: Vaccines, Anti-Vaxers, And Covid19
Phizer just announced and two more companies right behind them announced they have arrived at a vaccine for Covid19. These Vaccines are showing a 95% […]
Nov 20, 2020•28 min
Almost Awakened: 060: Schizophrenia And How Hard Life Can Be
Today Bill discusses Mental Illness and specifically Schizophrenia. Bill uses as the back drop his uncle, who was the first case of mental illness he […]
Nov 16, 2020•23 min
Almost Awakened: 059: Bill Reel & Glenn Ostlund – The Path to Surrender Part 3
Glenn and Bill tackle an audio series created by Michael Singer, author of the untethered soul, and use it as a springboard for their own […]
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Almost Awakened: 058: Bill Reel & Glenn Ostlund – The Path to Surrender Part 2
Glenn and Bill tackle an audio series created by Michael Singer, author of the untethered soul, and use it as a springboard for their own […]
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 57 min
Almost Awakened: 056: Good Kisser and Bowling
Today Bill monologues about human development and some of the human behaviors he notices in others. How we move back and forth between doing good […]
Oct 06, 2020•32 min
Almost Awakened: 055: Bill Reel & Glenn Ostlund – The Path to Surrender Part 1
Glenn and Bill tackle an audio series created by Michael Singer, author of the untethered soul, and use it as a springboard for their own […]
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 33 min
Almost Awakened: 054: Glenn Ostlund – Bathing With God
Today I sit down with my friend Glenn Ostlund author of the book “Bathing with God“. Glenn and I both were deep believers in a […]
Sep 17, 2020•2 hr 12 min
Almost Awakened: 053: Phil McLemore – Wisdom Conversation
Bill and Phil McLemore sit down and have a conversation around wisdom teachings such as meditation, awareness, being present, ego, the Yoga of Christ, mind […]
Sep 05, 2020•1 hr 52 min
Almost Awakened: 052: Alan Watts – The Illusion of Money, Time, And Ego
Today Bill dissects a 10 minute audio clip of Alan Watts. The video can be watched HERE and it is recommended you watch the video […]
Sep 03, 2020•39 min
Almost Awakened: 051: Tribal Trauma
Today Bill dives into tribalism. Why do we humans choose to be in tribes? What are the benefits and drawbacks of tribalism? What makes us […]
Sep 02, 2020•28 min
Almost Awakened: 050: Life in Prison
Today I sit down with a friend who spent roughly a year in prison. What is prison life like? How does an Almost Awakened person […]
Aug 29, 2020•1 hr 52 min
Almost Awakened: 049: Accepting Your Humanity
Today on the Almost Awakened Podcast we talk about how we judge ourselves and judge others and our behaviors as good or bad. But there […]
Aug 24, 2020•48 min
Almost Awakened: 048: Narratives, Story, Tangents, and Cost
Today Bill talks about 4 observations about human behavior 1.) That we need to be protectors of others Stories rather than one who hijacks the […]
Aug 15, 2020•28 min
Almost Awakened: 047: Showing Up And The Pain That It Causes
Today we talk about the move from fitting in to showing up as your authentic self. We often show up in the world the way […]
Aug 13, 2020•25 min
Almost Awakened: 046: Abortion and Critical Thinking
Today I examine the issue of abortion. Not to decide the right or wrong of the issue but as a way to see into how […]
Aug 03, 2020•36 min
Almost Awakened: 045: Adam & Eve And Conscious Altering Tools
In this episode we piggy back on last weeks episode on myth and help the Almost Awakened listener deconstruct one of our judeo/ christian myths… […]
Jul 29, 2020•26 min
Almost Awakened: 044: Myth Is All Around Us
Today we dip our toes into MYTH and how pervasive it is in our cultural and social structures. Any time we label or tell a […]
Jul 23, 2020•24 min
Almost Awakened: 043: Mirror, Validate, and Have Empathy
Today we dive into how to handle conflict differently. The conversation centers around what is needed to help people get out of lizard brain and […]
Jul 20, 2020•25 min
Almost Awakened: 042: George Floyd & Systemic Racism
Mekael and Bill utilize this episode to discuss the this George Floyd moment. His death, the protests and riots, the systemic racism in this country, […]
Jun 13, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Almost Awakened: 041: The Cannabis Industry with Brad Poulos
We sit down with Brad Poulos and discuss Cannabis AKA Marijuana. We discuss Cannabis generally and get into what issues are on the forefront of […]
May 30, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Almost Awakened: 040: How a Pawn Shop Works
Mekael Interviews Bill today about his career as a pawnbroker. How does a Pawn Shop Work? How do you know if something is stolen? What […]
May 30, 2020•55 min
Almost Awakened: 039: Janet Bennion – Polyamory
Bill sits down with Janet Bennion, Professor of Anthropology at Lyndon State College. Prof. Bennion specializes in gender dynamics in Mormon fundamentalist communities which practice polygamy […]
May 16, 2020•42 min
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