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Johann Hari is a writer and journalist.  He has written for the New York Times, Le Monde, the Guardian, and other newspapers and his TED talks have been viewed over seventy million times.  His work has been praised by a broad range of people, from Oprah Winfrey to Noam Chomsky to Joe Rogan.

Eric and Johann discuss his book, Stolen Focus  Why You Can’t Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again

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Johann Hari and I Discuss Stolen Focus and Attention and…

• His book, Stolen Focus  Why You Can’t Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again
• His experience of spending 3 months with no internet or smartphone
• The negative effects of consuming too much of social media
• How the evidence is showing we are in an attention crisis
• The deep forces at work that are damaging our attention
• Understanding the two levels of response to the attention crisis; individual and collective
• Cruel optimism is offering a simple solution to complex problems that may not work
• The alternative to cruel optimism is bringing awareness to the many layers of the problem
• How the human brain can only think about one thing at a time
• The negative effects of multitasking, or the switch cost-effect 
• The debate between being “pro” tech and “anti” tech
• The damaging effects of the current business models of social media designed to steal people’s attention
• How technology could be used to heal and aid your attention rather than steal it
• How the current model of economic growth contributes to dwindling attention
• His thoughts on the need for an attention movement to resist the forces invading our attention

Johann Hari Links:

Stolen Focus Book Website

Johann’s Website

Twitter

Instagram

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Joanna Macy is an environmental activist, author, a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology.  She has written and co-authored many books, including translating much of Rilke’s work

Eric and Joanna discuss her translations of Rilke along with her important “Work That Reconnects”.

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Joanna Macy and I Discuss her Work That Reconnects and…

• Her book, Letters to a Young Poet: A New Translation and Commentary
• The joy she experienced translating the work of Rilke with her coauthor Anita Barrows
• Having patience, curiosity and learning “to live the questions now” 
• Asking ourselves how can we trust and be trusted
• Her important work called “The Work That Reconnects”
• Her three visions of living
• “Business as Usual” refers to the growth economy and capitalism
• “The Great Unraveling” refers to the world losing its coherence
• “The Great Turning” is the slowing down the destruction of the world and building new ways of doing things
• Her important activist work
• Knowing what we can control, but still caring about what we can’t control
• How this work is a “celebration of the awareness of the great reciprocity at the heart of the universe”

Joanna Macy Links:

Joanna’s Website

Work That Reconnects

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Emma Gannon is a bestselling author, speaker, novelist, and the host of the number 1 creative careers podcast in the UK called “Ctrl Alt Delete”.  

Eric and Emma discuss her latest book, Disconnected:  How to Stay Human in an Online World

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Emma Gannon and I Discuss Community and Connection in an Online World and…

• Her book, Disconnected:  How to Stay Human in an Online World
• The belief that everyone is creative and need to feed their creativity
• The joy and challenge when your creative work becomes your paid work
• How our online and offline behaviors and interactions are often not aligned
• Connection and how she compares humans to trees
• The power of community and connection, both online and in-person
• Noticing when spending too much time online leads to emotional disconnection
• Understanding self-sabotage and noticing the feelings associated with that behavior
• Finding the balance of striving to be successful and happiness
• Her thoughts on cancel culture
• Her first novel, Olive
• The shame and guilt that women often feel for their life choices

Emma Gannon Links:

Emma’s Website

Twitter

Instagram

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Regina Louise^] is an American author, child advocate, and motivational speaker, who is best known for successfully navigating through more than thirty foster home placements as a ward of the California Juvenile Court system.

Eric and Regina discuss her book, Permission Granted:  Kick-Ass Strategies to Bootstrap Your Way to Unconditional Self-Love

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Regina Louise and I Discuss Strategies for Unconditional Self-Love and…

• Her book, Permission Granted:  Kick-Ass Strategies to Bootstrap Your Way to Unconditional Self-Love
• Growing up in difficult circumstances and still feeling her worth
• How we can all benefit from a cleared-out heart 
• Learning to grow through what we go through
• Understanding that you can’t change the past, but you can reclaim your dignity and self-worth
• Learning to be with the difficult feelings inside of us
• Understanding that the tragedy she endured was not personal
• How she learned to protect and value herself when her caregivers couldn’t
• Her introjections leading to her growth
• The tendency to feed the “less than” of herself
• Taking responsibility for her own healing
• Creating distance and making meaning of her past experiences

Regina Louise Links:

Regina’s Website

Twitter

Instagram

Facebook

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