Podcast Episode

Adrienne Bankert is an Emmy award-winning national news correspondent for ABC News, covering some of the most historic headlines of the past decade. She calls herself a “tour guide” – coaching and mentoring, teaching and speaking across the U.S. Her new book is called, Your Hidden Superpower: The Kindness That Makes You Unbeatable at Work and Connects You With Anyone. 

In this episode, Eric and Adrienne talk about what it means to be kind – how to practice it, cultivate it within yourself, and how it can serve as your beacon and guide no matter the circumstances that come your way.

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In This Interview, Adrienne Bankert and I discuss How to Choose Kindness and…

• Her book, Your Hidden Superpower: The Kindness That Makes You Unbeatable at Work and Connects You With Anyone
• How helping others discover their purpose can also help you discover your own
• That kindness helps us turn away from self-focus and towards a focus on the needs of others 
• The way kindness can be at the core of our identity
• Choosing kindness even when you don’t feel it
• How to grow in kindness
• Ways to respond kindly to people who are unkind to you
• Her favorite stories of kindness
• That kindness can be an anchor to us when we’re struggling or lost
• Practical ways to practice kindness

Adrienne Bankert Links:

Adrienne’s Website

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Facebook

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If you enjoyed this conversation with Adrienne Bankert on How to Choose Kindness, you might also enjoy these other episodes:

Donna Cameron on Kindness

Shauna Shapiro

Ralph De La Rosa is a psychotherapist in private practice and a seasoned meditation instructor.  His work has been featured in The New York Post,CNN, Tricycle, GQ, SELF, Women’s Health, and many other publications and podcasts. Ralph regularly leads immersive healing retreats at Omega Institute, Spirit Rock, and Kripalu. His newest book is Don’t Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak Outs.

In this episode, Eric and Ralph talk about the energy of emotions and how bringing awareness and compassion to our strong emotions creates resilience within us.

But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!

In This Interview, Ralph De La Rosa and I discuss The Energy of Emotions and…

• His book,  Don’t Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak Outs 
• How we are hard-wired for anxiety, fear, and anger
• Compassion is needed for the negative energies within us
• The two kinds of suffering, the one you turn toward and the other your turn towards
• Turning away from suffering and turning towards suffering
• Allowing our anger to come up, then mindfully speak for that anger
• Bringing awareness to strong emotions
• Listening and acknowledging your inner critic helps the anger move on
• The internal family systems (IFS) model of identifying all the parts of us here
• How emotions are a living energy within you
• Giving form and naming these emotions brings clarity
• The inner critic is a defensive energy that is trying to keep us safe
• How suffering points us to compassion
• Meditation is a training in remembering (to remember)
• Setting reminders on phone or post-it notes on the mirror are tools to bring meditation practice into our daily lives
• Radical non-pathology is viewing symptoms as your body’s way of trying to working something out and not as problems.
• Curiosity is an extension of our basic wholeness
• Self is an ecosystem, where every part works together to produce longevity and vitality
• How everything in our world is trying to reflect ourselves back to us
• Understanding that anger is intelligent and how we have the power to not pass on our anger

Ralph De La Rosa Links:

Ralph’s Website

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Twitter

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If you enjoyed this conversation with Ralph De La Rosa on the Energy of Emotions, you might also enjoy these other episodes:

Ralph De La Rosa on the Mind as Your Teacher (2018)

Understanding Emotions with Susan David

Stephen Nachmanovitch performs and teaches internationally as an improvisational violinist and at the intersection of music, dance, theatre, and multimedia arts. Stephen has presented masterclasses and workshops at Julliard and many conservatories and universities. 

In this episode, Stephen and Eric discuss his new book, The Art of Is: Improvising as a Way of Life, which is an exploration of the creative process, especially the social dimensions of the creative process and a philosophical meditation on living, living fully, and living in the present.

But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!

In This Interview, Stephen Nachmanovitch and I Discuss Improvising in Life and…

• His book, The Art of Is: Improvising as a Way of Life
• That creativity is absolutely worthless without an ethical foundation
• The ethics of creativity
• Buddhism and creativity
• Why improvisation is so important to him
• His interest in the creative process across all fields
• That the template for improvisation is conversation
• The role of listening and equality in improvisational music
• The relationship between impermanence, imperfection, and improvisation
• The relationship between chivalry and the phrase “yes, and…”
• That play isn’t what you do, it’s how you do it
• The relationship between discipline and freedom
• Art as the act of balancing
• How self correction is a lot easier without the added burden of guilt
• The metaphor of a child learning to walk and the approach of “positive feedback only”
• What it means to “stamp out nouns”
• That when you create something that’s “original” it means, simply, that you are the origin

Stephen Nachmanovitch Links:

freeplay.com

Facebook

Twitter

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If you enjoyed this conversation with Stephen Nachmanovitch on Improvising in Life, you might also enjoy these other episodes:

Finding Your Creativity with Julia Cameron

Power of Poetry with Ellen Bass

Ralph White

Dr. Stuart Eisendrath is the founding Director of the University of California San Francisco Depression Center where he served as the Professor of Psychiatry.  His newest book is When Antidepressants Aren’t Enough:  Harnessing the Power of Mindfulness to Alleviate Depression. This book aims to take the reader through steps they can utilize to gain relief from depression and anxiety.

In this episode, Dr. Eisendrath and Eric discuss his new book about how mindfulness can help alleviate depression when anti-depressants aren’t enough.

If you’d like to start out this new year restoring some balance and putting some healthy habits in place, or if you’re tired of waiting for the right circumstances to make progress towards your goals, Eric, as a behavior coach, can help you. 

To book a free, no-pressure 30-minute call with Eric to see if working with him in The One You Feed Personal Transformation Program is right for you, click here.

But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!

In This Interview, Dr. Stuart Eisendrath and I discuss Mindfulness for Depression and…

• His book, When Antidepressants Aren’t Enough:  Harnessing the Power of Mindfulness to Alleviate Depression
• Changing the relationship with depressive thoughts from dominating presence to peaceful coexistence 
• Learning to interpret our thoughts in a different way
• Dealing with self-criticism
• Ruminating and how being stuck in the downward spiral leads to more depression
• The simple meditation practice of counting each breath 
• When the thoughts are creating an internal storm
• How the most powerful thoughts are usually our own ideas that we’re applying in the present
• Determining the difference between facts and thoughts
• False evidence and the importance of gathering more information to see if it’s true
• Asking if there are other explanations to explain these feelings
• The trap of depression: thinking we’ll act when we feel better and how we actually feel better once we act.
• Taking action when we don’t feel like it
• The importance of movement and being active when depressed
• Happiness equals achievements divided by expectations
• How depression can create distorted views 
• Changing perspective by focusing on very small actions
• Replacing the thought of  “I should…” with “it would be nice if…”
• How mindfulness brings us into the present moment
• How depressive thoughts are about the past and anxious thoughts are about the future
• Resistance amplifies emotional pain and increases suffering
• Thinking of feeling depressed as the weather 

Dr. Stuart Eisendrath Links:

stuarteisendrath.com

Facebook

Best Fiends: Engage your brain and play a game of puzzles with Best Fiends. Download for free on the Apple App Store or Google Play.    

Skillshare is an online learning community that helps you get better on your creative journey. They have thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people. Be one of the first thousand to sign up via www.skillshare.com/feed and you’ll get a FREE trial of Skillshare premium membership.

Peloton:  Wondering if a Peloton bike is right for you? You can get a free 30 day home trial and find out. If you’re looking for a new way to get your cardio in, the Peloton bike is a great solution. Eric decided to buy one after his 30-day free trial. Visit onepeloton.com 

If you enjoyed this conversation with Dr. Stuart Eisendrath on Mindfulness to Alleviate Depression, you might also enjoy these other episodes:

Mindfulness and Depression with Elisha Goldstein

Jonathan Rottenberg on Depression

Maggie Smith is a poet whose work has been widely published, anthologized, and has appeared in Best American Poetry, the New York Times, The New Yorker and elsewhere.  Her latest book, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change, a collection of essays and quotes, is a national bestseller.

In this episode, Maggie and Eric discuss this new book and how for her, writing poetry is having a conversation with herself, problem solving, and healing on paper.

If you’d like to start out this new year restoring some balance and putting some healthy habits in place, or if you’re tired of waiting for the right circumstances to make progress towards your goals, Eric, as a behavior coach, can help you. 

To book a free, no-pressure 30-minute call with Eric to see if working with him in The One You Feed Personal Transformation Program is right for you, click here.

But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!

In This Interview, Maggie Smith and I discuss Writing for Healing and…

• Her book, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
• The dark time in her life that gave birth to her growth
• How hope is imaginative and necessary if you’re to come out of difficulty
• The role of endurance in healing
• Gratitude as a practice even in the darkest times
• That big life changes are often identity issues that cause us to ask “who am I now?”
• Another meaning to the phrase “it’s always something!”
• The reality that we pave the path of the future one step at a time
• Her experience as a recovering pessimist
• The difference between her poetry and her essays
• The role of setting in her poetry
• How it never feels good in the long run to have done the wrong thing
• Post Traumatic Growth

Maggie Smith Links:

maggiesmithpoet.com

Instagram

Twitter

KiwiCo: The subscription service that sends your child hands-on science, art, and geography projects each month to build confidence, creativity, and critical thinking skills. Get 30% off your first month plus free shipping on any crate line with the promo code FEED at www.KiwiCo.com

FitTrack Dara Smart Scale: It accurately measures 17 vital health metrics including body composition, hydration levels, and so much more. Stop measuring weight and start measuring health with FitTrack. Go to www.getfittrack.com/wolf to get 50% off your order – plus! for a limited time, you’ll save an additional 10%! 

Calm App: The app designed to help you ease stress and get the best sleep of your life through meditations and sleep stories. Join the 85 million people around the world who use Calm to get better sleep. Get 40% off a Calm Premium Subscription (a limited time offer!) by going to www.calm.com/wolf

If you enjoyed this conversation with Maggie Smith on Writing for Healing, you might also enjoy these other episodes:

Writing as a Path to Awakening with Albert Flynn DeSilver

Power of Poetry with Ellen Bass