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Scott Stabile has amassed a sizable following on social media with his inspirational and provocative quotes, essays, and videos. His previous work includes Big Love, Just Love, Iris, and the Li’l Pet Hospital series. He also wrote a feature film entitled Oogieloves In The Big Baloon Adventure. He’s a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and runs empowerment workshops nationally and internationally.

In this episode, Eric and Scott talk about self-love; the myths about it, the things that stand in the way of it, and how we can cultivate more of it. 

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In This Interview, Scott Stabile and I Discuss Perfecting Self-Love and …

• His game-changing realization that he can show up with love for himself no matter which wolf he’s feeding
• How he’s releasing self-judgment and what he’s then left with
• That our thoughts create our feelings and it’s worthwhile to explore that within ourselves
• How we can become addicted to our misery
• Expansion as a healthy and healing coping mechanism
• His beautifully extreme practice of self-love
• How he cultivates peace and ease in his life through his choices
• Knowing for ourselves that we can feel our feelings and survive them
• The truth that we all have divine, creator energy within us, the same energy that created planets and stars is within us
• The relationship between our thoughts and our emotions
• The big impact of realizing the ways we are already loving ourselves throughout our day
• That the reason we want the things we want is because of how they will make us feel and how we can give ourselves the gift of these feelings now
• The things we can do to create more joy and connection in our life

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Dr. Valerie Mason-John is a public speaker and master trainer in the field of conflict transformation, leadership and mindfulness.  Valerie is the award-winning author of 8 books, and the co-author and co-founder of Eight Step Recovery: Using The Buddha’s Teaching to Overcome Addiction. Since its publication, it has won the Best USA Book Award 2014 and Best International Book Award 2015 in the self-motivational and self-help category. 

In this episode, Eric and Valerie discuss: Eight Step Recovery:  Using the Buddha’s Teaching to Overcome Addiction

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In This Interview, Valerie Mason-John and I Discuss Recovery Through Buddha’s Teaching and …

• Their book,  Eight Step Recovery:  Using the Buddha’s Teaching to Overcome Addiction
• Their history of addiction to drugs, alcohol, and disordered eating
• Their traumatic history leading to multiple addictions
• Thinking of expansive values at the center of our lives
• How addiction is an adaptive behavior to soothe ourselves
• The first 3 steps of their recovery process are based on the 4 noble truths
• How we can’t avoid pain, but we can learn to avoid suffering
• How we can become addicted to our “stinking thinking”
• Meditation helps regulate the central nervous system
• What it means to seek refuge in dealing with addiction
• How the Buddha achieved freedom from the prison of the mind
• Dharma teachings that point us to the truth and freedom
• The benefit of Sangha or community in overcoming addiction

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Jay Michaelson is a columnist for The Daily Beast and a frequent commentator on MSNBC and NPR.  Jay is also a teacher and an editor at Ten-Percent Happier, a leading meditation platform. He has written several books on contemplative practice.

In this episode, Eric and Jay discuss his book, Enlightenment by Trial and Error: Ten Years on the Slippery Slopes of Jewish Spirituality, Postmodern Buddhism, and Other Mystical Heresies

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In This Interview, Jay Michaelson and I Discuss Enlightenment by Trial and Error and …

• His book, Enlightenment by Trial and Error: Ten Years on the Slippery Slopes of Jewish Spirituality, Postmodern Buddhism, and Other Mystical Heresies
• The goal of becoming 10% happier by meditating
• The myth that meditation is about finding your Zen
• Realization and responsibility in the Jewish mystical path
• His review of Leonard Cohen’s song “The Goal”
• His short story “The Beard” 
• How letting go allows for more opening
• Living aspects of the middle way
• How his LGBT activist work and meditation work enriched each other
• The commonality between his Buddhist and Jewish spiritual practices
• Remembering to remember – how the mind eventually learns to remember with practice

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Grace Schireson is president of Shogaku Zen and received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. She founded two practice centers and a retreat center under the Central Valley Zen Foundation.

In this episode, Eric and Grace discuss her book, Naked in the Zendo:  Stories of Uptight Zen, Wild-Ass Zen, and Enlightenment Wherever You Are

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In This Interview, Grace Schireson and I Discuss Practical Zen and …

• Her book, Naked in the Zendo:  Stories of Uptight Zen, Wild-Ass Zen, and Enlightenment Wherever You Are
• How we need to recognize our ego
• The importance of seeing our existence within the large space of awareness
• “WITBOW” (Wishing It To Be Otherwise) is a formula for suffering
• The essential koan “When nothing will do, what will you do?
• Awareness is recognizing your true self and your connection to the entire universe
• Mindlessness is just pure awareness and no ownership
• The 4 stages of developing awareness
• The important lesson of making mistakes often and publicly

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Chris Bosh is a NBA Hall of Famer, eleven-time All Star, two-time NBA Champion, and Olympic Gold Medalist. Chris had his playing days cut short in their prime by a freak medical condition but he hasn’t let that stop him. 

In this episode, Eric and Chris discuss his book, Letters to a Young Athlete.

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In This Interview, Chris Bosh and I Discuss Playing the Inner Game and …

• His book, Letters to a Young Athlete
• What inspired him to write this book
• The way his career ended and the surprising impact it had on his soul
• How your “what” can be taken away but your “why” cannot
• Digging in and getting to your deeper why
• The role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations
• The difference between ego and confidence
• How he handles criticism
• The context and impact of daily habits

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Radha Agrawal is the co-founder and CEO of Daybreaker, the early morning global dance and wellness move-ment in 30 cities and five continents.  She recently launched the science-backed platform, DOSE by Daybreaker, a first-of-its-kind membership and community to practice JOY with the goal of making “practicing joy” as ubiquitous as practicing yoga and meditation.  

Eric and Radha discuss her book, Belong:  Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life which answers the questions “How do I find my people and how do I create large and meaningful communities in the real world?”

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In This Interview, Radha Agrawal and I Discuss How to Find Joy and Community…

• Her book, Belong:  Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life
• How having poor social connections is harmful to your health
• Her work connecting joy and belonging
• Problems with labeling ourselves as an introvert or extrovert
• How our bodies remember what our minds may not
• Honoring the balance of internal joy and collective joy
• How we can feel safer to live in our trauma stories
• Understanding how joy is a daily practice
• To increase our joy, we must get out of our heads
• Her joy practices that include dancing while sober and blindfolded
• Breathwork and moving meditation
• What the brain does with music and dancing 
• Practicing being in joy across different ages and generations
• Auditing your life and finding what brings you joy

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