[powerpress] This week we talk to Dan Wilson This is another interview that has great personal significance to us. Dan was part of Trip Shakespeare which is one of Eric's all-time favorite bands. He also went on to form Semisonic another band that we loved. Dan Wilson is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and visual artist. He is known as the leader of the band Semisonic, for which he wrote the Grammy-nominated "Closing Time" and the international hit "Secret Smile." ...
Nov 10, 2014•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Alex Lickerman is a physician, former assistant professor of medicine and director of primary care, and current assistant vice president for Student Health and Counseling Services at the University of Chicago. He’s also been a secular Buddhist since 1989. His first book is The Undefeated Mind: On the Science of Constructing an Indestructible Self. In This Interview Alex and I Discuss... The One You Feed parable. Neither wolf wins permanently, the battle always goes on. How things that don't kill...
Nov 04, 2014•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast [powerpress] This week we talk to Jordan Harbinger about the power of awareness and intention Jordan Harbinger is the founder of The Art of Charm. The Art of Charm helps men to improve their social skills so that they can succeed in business and life. The truth is that I originally turned Jordan down twice to be on the show because I thought he was a "pick-up" artist. I clearly didn't think that was a good fit for our show. But as I learned more about him and what he does I realized that his foc...
Oct 30, 2014•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast "A setback is not permission to abandon your plans" - Chris Brogan Eric talks about handling setbacks and disappointments See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 26, 2014•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joel Zaslofsky is the founder of The Value of Simple website and podcast. He is an author, speaker, and curator. He the author of Experiencing Curating: How to Gain Focus, Increase Influence and Simplify You Life. He is the creator of The Continuos Creation Challenge and The Digital Launch Playbook. In This Interview Joel and I Discuss... The One You Feed parable. Doing something selfless. How we are all the same under it all. The sacrifices of starting your own business. Keeping your head up du...
Oct 22, 2014•39 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast This week we talk to Kristoffer Carter about building an Epic Life Kristoffer Carter ("kc") is a meditation expert for rapid growth start-ups, facilitator, & experience designer for Good Life Project, created by Jonathan Fields. By day, KC helps lead education & development for Centro's 90-person sales force, having built the company from $65MM & 50 employees to over $300MM & 550 in the last 7 years. Centro has been named the #1 Best Place to Work in Chicago by Crains Business for the last 4 con...
Oct 14, 2014•50 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast A brief preview from the upcoming 7 Habits of Highly Effective People course offered by The One You Feed See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 13, 2014•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Christine Hassler left her successful job as a Hollywood agent at 25 to pursue a life she could be passionate about . . . but it did not come easily. After being inspired by her own unexpected challenges and experiences, she realized her journey was indeed her destination. In 2005, she wrote the first guidebook written exclusively for young women, entitled 20 Something 20 Everything. Christine’s second book, The 20 Something Manifesto written for men and women stems from her experience coaching ...
Oct 08, 2014•51 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast This week Eric discusses Envy and Comparison In Dante's Inferno the envious had their eyes sewn shut. In our day we have a lot of social media comparison. We discuss some approaches to handling envy and comparison Some of our most popular interviews that you might also enjoy: Kino MacGregor Strand of Oaks Mike Scott of the Waterboys Todd Henry- author of Die Empty Randy Scott Hyde See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 06, 2014•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast I was lucky enough to catch Emiliya Zhivotovskaya near the end of Camp GLP and we were able to sit down in her small room on the floor, holding microphones and have this conversation. I think we were both very tired after a great weekend at camp. She had delivered numerous workshops, emceed the Talent Show and was feeling under the weather to boot. Nonetheless it was a wonderful and warm conversation. Enjoy!! At the age of 5, Emiliya and her family fled from Kiev, escaping the fall of Communism ...
Sep 30, 2014•39 min•Ep 45•Transcript available on Metacast This week Eric responds to a follow on Twitter. I posted a tweet the other day that said: "The best way out of depression is to hate it and not let yourself get used to it" I got this response from a follower: "NOT TRUE - you cannot will yourself out of incorrect wiring in the brain. Watch the platitudes!" In this episode I discuss the role of anger, will and resolve in dealing with depression. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Sep 27, 2014•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we talk to Jonathan Rottenberg Jonathan Rottenberg is a leading researcher in the area of emotion and psychopathology, where he has focused on major depression. He is author of the book, The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic. The book is a new look at depression. Depression is discussed as an evolutionary adaptation that has gone wrong in our current culture. Depression is not thought of as a deficiency, or a lack of something. Instead he looks at depression t...
Sep 23, 2014•42 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast This week we talk to Chris Grosso Chris Grosso is an author, independent culturist, spiritual aspirant, recovering addict, speaker, and professor with en*theos Academy. He writes for Origin magazine, Mantra Yoga + Health magazine and created the popular hub for all things alternative, independent, and spiritual with TheIndieSpiritualist.com. Chris continues the exploration with his debut book titled The Indie Spiritualist. In This Interview Chris and I Discuss... The One You Feed parable. How as...
Sep 16, 2014•37 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast This week Eric discusses positive concentration techniques to counteract rumination. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 13, 2014•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast [powerpress] This week we talk to Chris Guillebeau Chris Guillebeau is a New York Times bestselling author and modern-day explorer. During a lifetime of self-employment that included a four-year commitment as a volunteer executive in West Africa, he visited every country in the world (193 in total) before his 35th birthday. Since then he has modeled the proven definition of an entrepreneur: “Someone who will work 24 hours a day for themselves to avoid working one hour a day for someone else.” Ch...
Sep 10, 2014•30 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast Eric explores rumination and how damaging it can be to our mental health. What is it? What's the difference between rumination and self reflection? Hebb's Law and the role it plays in rumination. How to escape rumination. Rough Transcript: A few weeks ago I was at one of the local meditation centers and people were doing walking meditation. There was a guy walking incredibly slow and everyone was backing up behind him because no one but a disabled snail can move at that pace. So people weren’t d...
Sep 08, 2014•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we talk to Mishka Shubaly Our guest today is author Mishka Shubalay. After receiving an MFA from Columbia University, Mishka promptly quit writing to play music. He lived out of a Toyota minivan for a year, touring nonstop, and has shared the stage with artists like The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Decemberists. His Kindle Singles for Amazon have all been bestsellers. He writes true stories about drink, drugs, disasters, desire, deception and their aftermath. The Long Run is Mi...
Sep 02, 2014•49 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast Eric starts to respond to a negative review and uses as it a way to explore the negativity bias and steps to work with it. Some of our most popular interviews that you might also enjoy: Kino MacGregor Strand of Oaks Mike Scott of the Waterboys Todd Henry- author of Die Empty Randy Scott Hyde See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 31, 2014•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonathan Fields describes himself as a father, a husband, a maker and a man who cares deeply about, loves and admires those closest to him and is humbled and grateful for the opportunity to create, to connect and to serve. He is the creator of The Good Life Project which is an audio and video podcast that was one of the inspirations for our show. He is also the author of Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance and Career Renegade. He is also the creator of the upcoming Good ...
Aug 26, 2014•42 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast This week we talk to Timber Hawkeye Timber Hawkeye is the author of the very popular book Buddhist Boot Camp. He offers a non-sectarian approach to being at peace with the world. His book was created from a series of blog posts and emails that friends encouraged him to publish. The book is a straightforward, plain spoken discussion of ways to live a better life. In This Interview Timber and I Discuss... The One You Feed parable. How feeding one wolf makes it stronger and more likely to show up a...
Aug 20, 2014•40 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast Watsky: In celebration of Watsky's new album and our 300,000 listen we decided to re-release our very first episode. It remains our most downloaded episode and one of my favorites. Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 16, 2014•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we talk to Julien Smith. Julien Smith is the CEO of Breather, an on-demand space company, as well as the New York Times bestselling author of three books. Two of these, Trust Agents and The Impact Equation, were written with Chris Brogan (a previous guest). The third, The Flinch, has consistently remained one of the top read Kindle books since it was published in 2011. Julien has been an author, a CEO, a professional voice actor, a radio broadcaster, and a consultant and speaker at som...
Aug 12, 2014•38 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast Srini Pillay M.D. Founder and CEO of NeuroBusiness Group Srini Pillay, M.D. is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Invited Faculty at Harvard Business School. He is also the Founder and CEO of NeuroBusiness Group. He graduated with the highest number of awards during his residency training at Harvard. He is also a Certified Master Coach. His specific expertise is on helping companies reach their goals by coaching strategy acceleration, change management, inno...
Aug 05, 2014•46 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast Paul Gilmartin, host of the Mental Illness Happy Hour. Paul is a funny guy who hosts one of the most best podcasts on the market today. We have a great chat with Paul and we play a game at the end; borrowed from his show where he, Chris and I take turns exchanging things we are afraid of and things we love. It is certainly the most we have ever gotten from Chris on the air. The Mental Illness Happy Hour is an interview show known for it's candor, depth and intensity. In addition to the interview...
Jul 29, 2014•53 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast This week on The One You Feed we have Krista Tippett from On Being. In This Interview Krista and I Discuss... The One You Feed parable. How modern news feeds our bad wolf. How science and religion ask different questions. How modern society looks for the most polarizing and strident views. Listening as a spiritual virtue. Being open to be surprised and amazed. Not needing to have the answers. Loving the questions themselves. Paradox and ambiguity. A reverence for mystery. Arriving at some of the...
Jul 20, 2014•42 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast This week on The One You Feed we have Timothy Showalter from Strand of Oaks. Strand of Oaks aka Timothy Showalter just released one of the years best records. Heal has been celebrated by NPR, Pitchfork, Mojo and Uncut among many others. It's one of our favorite records of the year. The story behind Heal: "From the first bars of HEAL, the exhilarating melodic stomp of 'Goshen '97' puts you right into Tim Showalter's fervent teenage mindset. We find him in his family's basement den in Goshen, IN, ...
Jul 16, 2014•33 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast This week on The One You Feed we have Kino MacGregor. We interviewed Kino after one of her weekend yoga retreats that she held in Columbus. We talked upstairs in a loft above the meeting space. She was warm, engaging and wise. She is an international yoga teacher, author of two books, producer of six Ashtanga Yoga DVDs, writer, vlogger, world traveler, co-founder of Miami Life Center (www.miamilifecenter.com) and founder of Miami Yoga Magazine (www.miamiyogamagazine.com). Her YouTube channel rea...
Jul 09, 2014•33 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast This week on The One You Feed we have Dan Harris. Dan is best known for his work on ABC News, Nightline and Good Morning America, but we invited him on the show because of his latest book: 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story. I was fascinated by this book. Dan was driven to meditation and self help out of a self imposed crisis after he had a panic attack on national TV. His journey through tha...
Jul 01, 2014•34 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast This week on The One You Feed we have Lewis Howes. I first talked with Lewis when he reached out to us shortly after our launch of the show to introduce himself. He noticed we were from Columbus, Ohio where he used to live. It was a truly kind gesture and it was awesome for us to talk with someone so successful in the podcasting world. He invited us to join his excellent podcasting network, The Integrity Network. We were lucky enough to make this another in person interview. We visited Lewis in ...
Jun 25, 2014•33 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast [powerpress] This week on The One You Feed we have Lama Kathy Wesley. Wow...episode #30. Thanks to all of you listening out there. Chris setting up at KTC This interview was the 2nd interview we ever conducted and our longest episode we have ever aired. We conducted the interview at Lama Kathy's meditation center. It is a beautiful facility and a great room to record in. Early on we thought it would be a good idea to talk as long as we could and then edit it down to our usual ~30 minute time fra...
Jun 17, 2014•55 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast 
