Adding Value to Our Time How a double lung transplant makes you rethink life. On this episode, Matt sits down with the resilient Rueben Samuels to talk about life with a chronic illness (Cystic Fibrosis), adding value to our time and life after a double lung transplant. This is a conversation about life and death and how to make room and meaning for both. instagram: @reubenshighlights...
Virginia Cumberbatch is Director at Community Engagement Center & Social Justice Institute at The University of Texas at Austin. She works within the city of Austin to help make UT a community anchor opposed to an ivory tower. She sat down with us to talk about the importance of not only cultural identity but also the importance of place and it’s history. We use Austin as an example that can better help you think more critically and lovingly about your own life and city. twitter: @vacumberba...
Austin Psychotherapist Jeremy Ezell sits down with Inefficiency host Matt Inman to talk about how emotional intelligence plays into the quality of our relationships.
Sorry, I ghosted you. On this shorter episode, Matt talks about ghosting the podcast for way too long in order to create the first issue of Inefficiency Magazine. We all are trying to juggle life and sometimes we drop certain aspects. But there is something we gain in the dropping and picking back up that is helpful for us in the long run.
Friends and fellow psychotherapists Matt Inman and Jeremy Ezell sit down to have a conversation about wisdom and faithfulness. Jeremy was asked to write a letter to his 14 year old nephew on the two topics and rather than writing a letter decided it would be better to talk it out.
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yoga + therapy Abi Robins brings talks about being present in our bodies long enough to work through pain and get down to the root issues.
Matt explores his process of expanding Inefficiency with conversations from friends and family. Inefficiency Magazine is a quarterly publication tailored for the therapeutic space made by helpers and artists. If you have listened to Inefficiency for awhile or are trying to hold the tensions of caring for your career convictions and also caring for your family, you will want to check this episode out....
Micah Bournes is a spoken word poet, rapper and blues musician. Born and raised in Long Beach, California, Micah grew up heavily influenced by hip hop. He is a brave artist who wrestles with important topics such as racism, sexism and faith. His courage extends to the modes of art itself, unafraid to try new paths in the hopes of finding something new and beautiful. He sat down to talk with Matt about the massive influence the book Art and Fear has had on his life. Micah talks about how quantity...
Huberta Jackson-Lowman is a psychologist and psychology professor at Florida A&M University. She has degrees from Wichita State University and the University of Pittsburgh. She is currently the President of the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi). As she works alongside clients and students, she also forms groups called Emotional Emancipation Circles, groups that exist to help "black people, work together to overcome, heal from, and overturn lies of white superiority and black inferio...
Joe Pug is originally from Maryland and came to Austin, Texas years ago to be in and around the storied Texas songwriting tradition. He has two studio EP’s, most notable being Nation of Heat in 2009. He also has three albums, Messenger in 2010, The Great Despiser in 2012 and Windfall in 2015. Paste Magazine said this of Pug, "In lesser hands, songs of this nature could take on the tone of self-help books, maxims of dubious value. But Pug's honesty and wordplay combine to levitate the songs over ...
For the 3rd in a row, Inefficiency is providing a set of thoughtful questions to help you look back at the previous year. But for the rest of us, setting aside some inefficient time to be thoughtful can really give some clarity and motivation for your coming year. Enjoy!
Nikki McClure is an artist who specializes in paper cutting. Her art has a simple but very challenging frame, to sketch an image on a black piece of paper, cut it with an X-Acto knife and make sure it all connects. Each image you see of her work is one single pice of paper! Her artwork invites us to feel something personal and communal. She makes a yearly calendar and children's books. She resides with her family in Olympia, Washington. www.nikkimcclure.com
On this episode, Matt talks about contentment as he travels back to Kansas City, Mo to see family. This shortened episode has a bit of everything, from ideas around contentment to mama guilt to good jokes and even better karaoke. Matt Inman is the host of the Inefficiency Podcast and a psychotherapist in private practice. He and his family reside in Austin, Texas.
Andre Henry is a musician, theologian and activist who has pursued music and education in New York City and Los Angeles. His music is electronic anthems with reggae and rock influences and have the overarching message "it doesn't have to be this way." Andre moved into activism after feeling moved by the many police shootings, wanting to get his body more into the struggle against racism. His own deep conviction is to be be a part of some type of truth and reconciliation commission in America so ...
James Alison (b. 1959) is a Catholic theologian, priest and author. He has studied, lived and worked all over the world. In addition to being known for bringing Rene Girard's work to the wider public, he is also known for his firm but patient insistence on truthfulness in matters gay as an ordinary part of basic Christianity, and for his pastoral outreach in the same sphere. He has authored many books including Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay, The Joy of Being Wrong, Undergoi...
Una Mulale is a pediatric doctor in Botswana, working in life and death scenarios each day. She was formerly the Director of Pediatric Critical Care at Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. She recently completed a fellowship at Harvard Medical School in Pediatric Global Health. She is the co-founder of Barona, an organization promoting the value of all human beings and aims to create Botswana’s first Children’s Hospital. Twitter: @unamulale
John Richmond and Victor Boutros are co-founding directors of The Human Trafficking Institute, an organization set on decimating slavery worldwide by getting at the root, traffickers. Both are former prosecutors of the U.S. Department of Justice Human Trafficking Unit. Their impressive pedigree is only outmatched by their massive hearts, friendship and desire for justice as a means to peace. www.traffickinginstitute.org twitter: @JohnRichmond1 @boutrosvictor...
Sleeping At Last is the moniker of Chicago-based singer-songwriter, producer and composer, Ryan O’Neal. You may know Sleeping At Last from various Films and TV Shows such as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn- Part 1, The Fault in Our Stars, Grey's Anatomy, So You Think You Can Dance, Criminal Minds, Bones, Believe, Vampire Diaries and many more. He has collaborated or sang with many artists including Jon Foreman, Billy Corgan, Van Dyke Parks, Paul Von Merens, John Goodmanson, Alanis Morissette an...
Doug Pagitt is the pastor of a faith community in Minneapolis, MN called Solomon's Porch. He is also an author of several books, most recently Flipped, The Provocative Truth That Changes Everything We Know About God. He is also the host of the podcast, Tick, Talk, Take. He is a novice ultra-runner and lives in Edina, MN with his wife. He has 4 young adult children and one grandchild. Twitter: @Pagitt Instagram: @DougPagitt Website: www.dougpagitt.com
Two first generation Americans from vastly different backgrounds found love and have done (and are doing) the difficult work of allowing their love to change each other and now, us. Sharifa Stevens is a communicator (writer, speaker and singer) and emphasizes the intersection of culture and theology. Jonathan started a coffee business off of a Ural Motorcycle with a built in espresso machine. He is a natural connector, teacher and builder. Together the two live in Dallas, Texas with their two ch...
Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian. A former college English teacher and pastor, he is a passionate advocate for "a new kind of Christianity" - just, generous, and working with people of all faiths for the common good. Brian has served on a number of boards, including Emergent Villiage, Sojourners, International Teams and, The Seattle School, and his a founding member of Red Letter Christians. He has appeared on All Things Considered, Larry King Live, Nightli...
Kristen is a friend of the podcast, on a journey of articulating her identity, and doing so through the medium of her hair. Up until 2 years ago, she had always chemically straightened her hair, and has recently gone through the (long) process of growing out her natural curls. This inefficient process has allowed her to connect w her self and feel a greater sense of connection to her roots! (No pun intended although Kristen loves bad puns.) She lives in Austin, TX w her husband who has cheered h...
Matt Inman is host of Inefficiency Podcast and a psychotherapist in private practice in Austin, Texas. He normally serves as the question maker for the podcast but this episode, the tables are turned and Dallas based psychologist Michael Leach asks the questions while Matt appreciates them and possibly answers a couple of them. This swap is timely in helping Matt work through his decision making process and creativity in expanding Inefficiency from just a podcast and into an organization. This i...
Mom's are strong and creative in the most tangible ways possible. Today is a celebration of them and a look into the various stages of motherhood. Six mothers have been interviewed, all representing different stages of the motherhood process to give us a look into what is tough, good and unseen. Happy Mother's Day!!!!
I have been waiting for this big moment for over two years and it has finally happened! I worked diligently to get a good episode together with some dear friends of mine on burnout and with one push of a button (and yes, one additional button push confirming) I erased the interview, all my edits and the intro and outro. GONE! So here is me verbally processing this sad, sad event and working through out. Inefficiency.
Benjamin Mathes has been an actor for the past 20 years and works with artists and leaders in an executive coaching role. He leads Urban Confessional, a free listening movement made of up of volunteers who believe everyone needs to be heard. Benjamin resides in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles and can be seen on street corners listening to people.
David Salinas curates The Department of Brewology. He is an illustrator by trade and works a great deal with typography, prints and murals. David was on the podcast during the early episodes to talk about the good but difficult inefficiency of combining his two loves together, both art and coffee. David does his art centered around coffee all over the world and most recently, crafted a phrase that has impact for many, WE FILTER COFFEE, NOT PEOPLE. He stopped by to talk about what was behind the ...
Year two of Inefficiency is in the books and this episode is a look back through the many different conversations this past year. You will hear from a host of different guests that show off inefficiency in some of its greatest forms. Enjoy some memorable moments from this second year of Inefficiency.
We have done 52 shows in the past two years and we are celebrating! Friends joined us at Stouthaus Coffee Pub for a talk on birthdays getting down to inherent value, storytelling of inefficiency, pies in the face and an almost dance party. So much fun!
