While the Reboot Your Kids website lives on, it no longer hosts the podcasts I recorded with Kevin Geary last year. For posterity's sake, I'm putting those shows into the Choice Conversations feed. In this episode, Kevin and I have a discussion with Miro Siegel from the Raising Miro on the Road of Life blog. Miro tells us about his life style as an unschooler/world schooler. What are the pros and cons of his nomadic lifestyle? How did Miro and his mother Lainie obtain financial freedom? Where do...
Dec 24, 2015•48 min
Chad Walding from SittingSolution.com joins me for a great discussion. We talk about why sitting is the new smoking, linked with poor health, disease, and premature aging. Chad explains how by simply correcting your posture you can improve your appearance, health, mood, confidence, self esteem, and influence. I tell Chad about my experience implementing his program, the Sitting Solution , and how it was life changing for me. We get into many details, like how to eliminate back pain, why switchin...
Dec 16, 2015•1 hr
While the Reboot Your Kids website lives on, it no longer hosts the podcasts I recorded with Kevin Geary last year. For posterity's sake, I'm putting those shows into the Choice Conversations feed. In this episode, Kevin and I have a discussion with Pete Gerlach about how to raise psychologically healthy children. This episode was never previously released, so this is the first time the world will get to hear this enlightening interview. In addition, since the time of its recording in 2014, Pete...
Dec 02, 2015•1 hr 7 min
Mary Maddux from the Meditation Oasis podcast joins me for a discussion. What are the benefits of meditation? What different types of meditation are there? Is there a right and wrong way to meditate? How did Mary, and her husband Richard, grow the brand Meditation Oasis to what it is today? All of this and more in today's fun discussion! Find more from Mary here: http://www.meditationoasis.com/ Please subscribe, rate and review on itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/choice-conversations/...
Nov 23, 2015•56 min
Anotony Sammeroff joins me as we pay tribute to Pete Gerlach. Pete Gerlach was taken from us on on October 22 2015, after a long bout with a degenerative disease (inclusion body myocitis). Pete was a therapist, author, and founder of the Break the Cycle Website. Pete was passionate about helping others and bringing healing to the world. He was especially concerned about the little ones, that they be provided a nurting, holistically healthy environment to grow up in. Pete was a guest on both my s...
Nov 15, 2015•1 hr 20 min
Wes Bertrand is back for more analysis of Stefan Molyneux and Freedomain Radio. Wes and I detail several contractions and double standards that abound on Freedomain Radio these days. In addition, did Stef change his message for increased money or downloads? Does Stef automatically reject competing ideologies like Non-Violent Communication? What would be required from Stef for restitution? Are IQ studies important? Why did we change the title of the series? And of course more on that Donald Trump...
Nov 07, 2015•1 hr 18 min
While the Reboot Your Kids website lives on, it no longer hosts the podcasts I recorded with Kevin Geary last year. For posterity's sake, I'm putting those shows into the Choice Conversations feed. In this episode, Kevin and I have a discussion about Kevin's popular and controversial article, 12 Absurd Arguments Peaceful Parents Are Sick of Hearing . Our discussion was quite long, so we broke it up into two parts. Enjoy! 12 Absurd Arguments Peaceful Parents Are Sick of Hearing Part 1: http://cho...
Nov 02, 2015•41 min
Hunter Clarke-Fields returns to the show for a discussion about parenting. Hunter is a big proponent of Parent Effectiveness Training by Thomas Gordon. We talk about how we've both implemented P.E.T. in our lives, and the struggles and joys along the way. The conversation has some fun tangents, including Montessori schooling, restorative justice, and the Oregon Prison Project. Find more from Hunter here: http://www.hunteryoga.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yoga-stories-project-podcast/...
Oct 24, 2015•1 hr 3 min
While the Reboot Your Kids website lives on, it no longer hosts the podcasts I recorded with Kevin Geary last year. For posterity's sake, I'm putting those shows into the Choice Conversations feed. In this episode, Kevin and I have a discussion about Kevin's popular and controversial article, 12 Absurd Arguments Peaceful Parents Are Sick of Hearing . Our discussion was quite long, so we broke it up into two parts. Enjoy! 12 Absurd Arguments Peaceful Parents Are Sick of Hearing Part 2: http://cho...
Oct 15, 2015•1 hr 6 min
Wes Bertrand joins me to discuss a couple emails he recently sent to Stefan Molyneux and Mike DeMarco from Freedomain Radio. Those emails are reprinted below: From: Wes Bertrand Subject: Ominous parallelsDate: September 4, 2015 at 8:41:45 PM EDTTo: Michael DeMarco Hello, Michael, and by extension, Stefan. I’ve appreciated the many helpful and insightful messages FDR has sent its listeners and viewers over the years. Thank you for all the time and effort you’ve expended to inspire individuals in ...
Oct 09, 2015•1 hr 16 min
Walter Hendricks had me back on his show on UCY.TV , Solvinur Event. Again the discussion centered on Non-Violent Communication, with this dive going deeper than the last. Points discussed included: Using NVC to talk about politics How domination systems are rooted in the family The nature of voluntarysm NVC and the trivium Is NVC mind control? All of this and more! Check out the Solvinur Event: ucy.tv/se Please subscribe, rate, and review on itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/choice-co...
Oct 04, 2015•1 hr 20 min
While the Reboot Your Kids website lives on, it no longer hosts the podcasts I recorded with Kevin Geary last year. For posterity's sake, I'm putting those shows into the Choice Conversations feed. In this episode, Kevin and I welcome Judy Pardo on the show. Judy is a certified Parent Effectiveness Training instructor and a psychologist in private practice for over 20 years. Judy, Kevin, and I discuss: The Behavior WindowActive and Passive ListeningUsing I-Messages for Healthier CommunicationNo-...
Sep 30, 2015•1 hr 7 min
I was recently invited to call into the show Solvinur Event on UCY.TV . The host of the show, Walter Hendricks, was skeptical that Non-violent Communication (NVC) was a form of mind conotrol known as Neuro-linguistic programming. I provided an introduction to NVC, talked about its relationship to the trivium, and answered a number of NVC-related questions. There were four different people on the show, each going in varying directions, so it was difficult to address each concern raised as thoroug...
Sep 21, 2015•1 hr 35 min
Jeffrey Tucker joins me for a discussion about Donald Trump. Is Trump a fascist? Why is "The Donald" so popular? Is racism rampant in America? Does Hillary Clinton stand a chance against Trump? What does Jeffrey think of Stefan Molyneux’s support for Trump? Why is a corrupt politician a good thing? Is a demoralized Obama the perfect president? What does Rand Paul have against Libertarians? We cover all of this and more in this interesting and entertaining discussion! Find more from Jeffrey here:...
Sep 17, 2015•1 hr 13 min
Wes Bertrand is back to discuss his wonderful new book Complete Liberty Inside Out: Honoring Yourself and Others for Optimal Enrichment . We take a hard look at not only the philosophy of liberty, which has been thoroughly covered by those who have come before us, but also the psychology of liberty, which has been not so much. How does culture damage our minds, lessening our lives? Religion, school, and the family are systems of domination, not unlike the state? Sacrifice isn't a virtue? What ar...
Sep 10, 2015•1 hr 2 min
While the Reboot Your Kids website lives on, it no longer hosts the podcasts I recorded with Kevin Geary last year. For posterity's sake, I'm putting those shows into the Choice Conversations feed. In this episode, Kevin and I have a great discussion with Darrell Becker. We cover parenting, the trivium, critical thinking skills, and non-violent communication. Find more from Kevin here: http://rebootyourkids.com/ http://rebootedbody.com/ http://choiceconversations.libsyn.com/chasing-greatness-wit...
Sep 01, 2015•57 min
For the fifth installment of the Artificial Intelligence Series , Darrell Becker and I interview James Barrat. James is a film maker, public speaker, and an author. His book, Our Final Invention , masterfully presents the case for why you should be worried about the singularity. How is AI different from other multi-use technologies? What are the basic drives that an AI will have? Can't we just program ethics into AIs and alleviate our worries? How does James feel about AI depictions in popular m...
Aug 27, 2015•45 min
While the Reboot Your Kids website lives on, it no longer hosts the podcasts I recorded with Kevin Geary last year. For posterity's sake, I'm putting those shows into the Choice Conversations feed. In this episode, Kevin and I tackle the gargantuan topic of alternative education and the problems with modern schooling. The conversation explores: The proposed purpose of schooling. The underlying purpose of schooling. Where did “the system” come from? Are public and private schools the same thing? ...
Aug 17, 2015•1 hr 26 min
I had the privelege to talk with Vít Jedlička, President of the new libertarian nation The Free Republic of Liberland . President Vít goes into detail about how things typically handled by governments will work in a country where state power is limited and taxes are voluntary. Who will build the roads? How will the justice system work? Can a crypto-currency be a nation's legal tender? How do I become a citizen? We talk about the Liberland constitution, covering topics like how citizens are grant...
Aug 11, 2015•43 min
While the Reboot Your Kids website lives on, it no longer hosts the podcasts I recorded with Kevin Geary last year. For posterity's sake, I'm putting those shows into the Choice Conversations feed. In this episode, Kevin and I explore the challenges parents face in the areas of exercise, play and sleep for their children. Find more from Kevin here: http://rebootyourkids.com/ http://rebootedbody.com/ http://choiceconversations.libsyn.com/chasing-greatness-with-kevin-geary Please subscribe, rate a...
Aug 03, 2015•1 hr 13 min
I was recently a guest on Freedom Lovin with Kevin Koskella. In this show, much time is spent exploring my story and how I came do discover liberty. We talk about how I progressed from being focused on politics, to finiancial freedom, to improving my relationships, and finally to self-knowledge and inner healing. I had much fun talking to Kevin. I consider his show to in many ways be a sister show to mine. We both have the same end goal, helping people bring more freedom to their lives, it is ju...
Jul 28, 2015•50 min
While the Reboot Your Kids website lives on, it no longer hosts the podcasts I recorded with Kevin Geary last year. For posterity's sake, I'm putting those shows into the Choice Conversations feed. In this episode, Kevin and I introduce real food nutrition and a generally healthy lifestyle for kids. Some of the questions and topics we dive into: What is real food? The effects of poor nutrition on children. Medicating children. And more! Find more from Kevin here: http://rebootyourkids.com/ http:...
Jul 23, 2015•1 hr 9 min
No, this is not about Barack Obama's book. In this episode, I walk you through a real life example of how I do dream analysis. Step by step, I reveal a process where I combine several strategies, and gain synergies by combining them, in order to obtain greater self knowledge. Strategies covered include meditation, yoga, inner-family systems therapy, affirmations, Nathaniel Branden's sentence completion exercises, Marshall Rosenberg's Non-violent communication, and of course dream analysis. Below...
Jul 15, 2015•54 min
While the Reboot Your Kids website lives on, it no longer hosts the podcasts I recorded with Kevin Geary last year. For posterity's sake, I'm putting those shows into the Choice Conversations feed. In this our first episode, Kevin and I introduce authentic parenting. Find more from Kevin here: http://rebootyourkids.com/ http://rebootedbody.com/ http://choiceconversations.libsyn.com/chasing-greatness-with-kevin-geary Please leave a rating and review on itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/...
Jul 09, 2015•1 hr 28 min
Author and blogger Rosyln Ross joins me to talk about her new book A Theory of Objectivist Parenting . The school of philosophy known as objectivism , proposed by Ayn Rand, is very strong in most ways, but is decidedly lacking in the area of interpersonal relationships and especially parenting. Roslyn shores that up nicely. Do schools murder the authentic self? Are high achieving youths numbing out in their down time? Is Roslyn moving to Nicaragua so that she can take her kids into bars and casi...
Jun 18, 2015•1 hr 8 min
Antony and I discuss positive thinking. What is it? Why does it work? How do we practice it? What are some of the pitfalls? Isn't positive thinking just magical thinking? Is the Law of Attraction real? We cover all this and more! Find more from Antony here: http://Antonysammeroff.com https://www.youtube.com/TheProgressiveParent https://www.youtube.com/EnrichYourLife1 enrichyourlife@outlook.com http://choiceconversations.libsyn.com/spirituality-with-antony-sammeroff http://choiceconversations.lib...
Jun 06, 2015•1 hr 14 min
For the fourth installment of the Artificial Intelligence series, Darrell Becker and I interview Peter Voss. Peter is an entrepreneur, inventor, engineer and scientist who has been active in the field of artificial intelligence for decades. He shares with us his first hand experience in the industry: where it began, where it's currently at, where it is going, and talks us through the myriad of ways in which AI will be beneficial to the human race. What motivates an artificial intelligence? How d...
May 21, 2015•1 hr 2 min
Antony Sammeroff is back for a discussion about spirituality. What does spirituality mean to us? How have we implemented spiritual disciplines into our lives? But wait, aren't you an atheist? How can you then be a "spiritual" person? We cover all this and more! Find more from Antony here: https://www.youtube.com/TheProgressiveParent https://www.youtube.com/EnrichYourLife1 http://enrichyourlife.co/ enrichyourlife@outlook.com Follow me on twitter and please retweet: https://twitter.com/ChoiceConvo...
Apr 27, 2015•56 min
Daniel Mackler joins me to discuss his journey of healing. We talk about how his experience with trauma is a microcosm of what is occurring the world over. We cover the 4 stages of enlightenment (dissociation, depression, grieving, enlightenment), as well as how positive thinking techniques and psychotherapy could be keeping you from healing your wounds. This conversation goes from celibacy, to minimalism, to world travel, and beyond! Find more from Daniel here: http://wildtruth.net/ Follow me o...
Mar 16, 2015•1 hr 12 min
Psychologist and author Jay Earley joins me to discuss Internal Family Systems therapy. What is IFS therapy, and how does it work? Is there scientific evidence for its effectiveness? What are some of my personal successes with IFS therapy? Can you combine IFS therapy with other self-knowledge practices for greater gains? Find more from Jay here: http://personal-growth-programs.com/ https://selftherapyjourney.com/ Here is the study discussed during the show: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/239...
Feb 24, 2015•57 min
