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Cory Allen is a writer, musician, meditation teacher, and creator of the podcast, The Astral Hustle, which focuses on how to live better with leading experts in mindfulness, neuroscience, and philosophy. Cory believes that the more we understand ourselves, the less we suffer.

In this episode, Cory and Eric discuss his book, Now Is The Way: An Unconventional Approach To Modern Mindfulness.

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In This Interview, Cory Allen and I Discuss Cultivating Mindfulness and…

• His book, Now Is The Way: An Unconventional Approach To Modern Mindfulness
• The role of our actions in determining who we are
• How to differentiate between helpful and unhelpful negative thoughts and emotions
• The most effective way to widen the gap between stimulus and response
• The watching mind and the doing mind
• Why the notions of emptiness and non-self needn’t be scary
• The answer to the question, “Does my life even matter?”
• How we assign meaning rather than find meaning in life
• What it means to dilute strong emotions or ruminating thoughts when they arise

Cory Allen Links:

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Bina Venkataraman is an American journalist, author, and science policy expert. She is currently the Editorial Page Editor of The Boston Globe and a fellow at New America. Bina is a frequent public speaker whose appearances have included the TED mainstage, NPR, Aspen Ideas, MSNBC, CNN, and university campuses around the world. Bina formerly served as Senior Advisor for Climate Change Innovation in the Obama White House and she also advised the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in responding to the Ebola epidemic, promoting patient access to cancer therapies, and reforming public school science education. 

In this episode, Bina and Eric discuss her book, The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age, and how we can live in the present in such a way that we also create the future that we’d like to inhabit.

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In This Interview, Bina Venkataraman and I Discuss Effectively Thinking Ahead and…

• Her book, The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age
• How to make decisions about the future
• The untold story of the marshmallow test
• How most people don’t look past 15 years in the future
• Tools for more effectively imagining the future
• Tools for more effectively planning for the future
• Being present while also orienting for the future
• When we’re more likely to make bad decisions
• The role of implementing impulse buffers
• When an “if/then” strategy can be most helpful to you
• How our past informs our view of the future
• Social movements that influence lasting change

Bina Venkataraman Links:

writerbina.com

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Gabriele Oettingen

IN-Q is an award-winning poet, best-selling author, and multi-platinum songwriter. His groundbreaking achievements include being named to Oprah’s SuperSoul 100 list of the world’s most influential thought leaders, being the first spoken word artist to perform with Cirque Du Soleil, and being featured on A&E, ESPN, and HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. He’s inspired audiences around the world through his live performances and storytelling workshops. Many of his recent poetry videos have gone viral with over 70 million views combined.

When IN-Q reads or recites his poetry, it is a moving, powerful experience. In this episode, he reads several of his poems and he and Eric talk about many aspects of life and how he expresses those aspects through his poetry. 

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In This Interview, IN-Q and I Discuss Life Through Poetry and…

• His book, Inquire Within
• How it’s easier to hate than to create but creating is a lot more satisfying
• That for him, poetry is either purging or praying or both
• How we’re all storytellers
• That everything is a spiritual practice
• How we’re afraid to be a student at something, to look foolish, but if we never look foolish, we’ll never be brilliant
• His poem, Inquire Within
• The way spirituality is logical for him
• The role that gratitude plays in his life
• How his work holds paradoxes
• His poem, Problems
• The ways enlightenment can sneak into our lives
• His two definitions of hope
• Seeing the difficult reality while also holding hope for better

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Ellen Bass

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Ella Frances Sanders is an internationally-bestselling author and illustrator of three books. Her third book, Eating the Sun: Small Musings on a Vast Universe, was the recipient of the 2019 Whirling Prize for Prose and has been translated into many languages.

In this episode, Eric and Ella have a delicious conversation about this lovely book that contains all sorts of interesting facts and beautiful illustrations about our universe and how we as humans relate to such things.

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In This Interview, Ella Frances Sanders and I Discuss her Musings on a Vast Universe and…

• Her book, “Eating the Sun: Small Musings on a Vast Universe”
• Her take on the wolf parable and how it’s about choosing possibility over panic
• How moving slowly helps us notice a lot of what’s good
• Our relationship to plants and to the sun
• How giving plants human characteristics helps us connect and care about them
• The challenge in understanding the scale of things
• We see things through filters without thinking about it
• How science works with laws and things that we know are true
• Our choices are affected by how we are influenced by the world around us 
• How the universe is moving toward ultimate chaos
• Our memories are susceptible to alterations and get filtered through the present moment
• How we are only remembering the last time we remembered
• Stressful situations can affect memory
• The half-life of facts is the amount of time it takes for a fact to become untrue

Ella Frances Sanders Links:

ellafrancessanders.com

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David Christian

Sasha Sagan

Due to the ongoing global pandemic, devastating natural disasters, contentious elections, and instances of heartbreaking violence and injustice, challenging times continue. To help you strengthen your resilience, we’re releasing this special episode which features all-new interviews with 4 previous guests of the show. The guests of this special episode are Ellen Bass, Parker Palmer, Spring Washam, and Ralph De La Rosa.

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In This Interview, We Discuss Resilience During Difficult Times and…

• How art can help us connect with our inner experience during challenging times
• Ellen Bass’ motto to cultivate resilience: “work more, worry less”
• That if we can get the step small enough, there’s always a positive step we can take to help
• The impact of taking care of ourselves on other people
• The importance of cultivating gratitude for small things
• When our hearts are broken open, they grow larger
• Learning to value small actions
• The motto: “if you can’t get out of it, get into it
• The importance of literally changing the channel to limit our intake of distressing news
• How to be in the world but not of the world
• Working with fear skillfully
• How mind and body parallel themselves
• Making time to allow, be with, and be in our emotions
• The importance of metabolizing and digesting our emotions
• How we’re designed to go through stress and bounce back

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Parker Palmer

Spring Washam

Ralph De La Rosa

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Dr. Shauna Shapiro is a professor, best-selling author, clinical psychologist, and internationally recognized expert in mindfulness and compassion. She has published over 150 journal articles and 3 critically acclaimed books translated into 16 languages. Her most recent book is called, Good Morning, I Love You: Mindfulness and Self Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm, Clarity, and Joy.

In this episode, Eric and Shauna Shapiro talk about how we can cultivate transformative mindfulness through daily practices that nurture kindness and compassion towards ourselves.

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In This Interview, Dr. Shauna Shapiro and I Discuss Transformative Mindfulness and…

• Her book, Good Morning, I Love You: Mindfulness and Self Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm, Clarity, and Joy
• How she first learned the idea that what you practice grows stronger
• Why your attitude and how you pay attention is so important when it comes to mindfulness
• 3 pillars of mindfulness
• What she learned from studying shame
• The effectiveness of self-compassion
• The ways mindfulness prepares the mind for learning
• The difference between mindfulness and meditation
• What your mood in the morning and your mood in the evening says about your longevity
• The question you can ask yourself in the morning to prime your mind to look for the good throughout the day
• The ways mindfulness can lose its transformative power
• Self-improvement vs Self-liberation
• How perfection is the antithesis of evolution
• The benefits of a regular meditation practice
• Her practice of “Good Morning, I Love You”

Dr. Shauna Shapiro Links:

drshaunashapiro.com

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