Plant Yourself - Uplift Others

Plant Yourself - Uplift Others episodes:

• 05.15.2024

  What's the Deal with Burnout? Mark Butler on PYP 584

  There's an epidemic of burnout in the modern workplace. What's causing it? And how can we prevent and treat it?

  
• 05.01.2024

  Uprooting Resistance to Change: A Memory Reconsolidation Demo with Glenn Livingston, PhD: PYP 583

  Glenn and Howie discuss the ahead-of-its-time book Immunity to Change, and Howie demonstrates the power of memory reconsolidation as a coaching tool to help clients overcome resistance to action that doesn't seem to make much sense.

  
• 04.10.2024

  Fake It 'Til You Make It?: How Action Can Trigger Transformation: Matt Nagler on PYP 582

  To change our behaviors, we can try to change our thinking. But today's guest shares a faster, more reliable way to become a different, better version of ourselves.

  
• 04.03.2024

  An Autobiography of Trauma and Healing: Peter Levine, PhD, on PYP 581

  Peter Levine, creator of Somatic Experiencing, talks about his own life journey of severe trauma, healing, and discovery. His conclusion: "Given the right tools, trauma won't rule."

  
• 03.19.2024

  How to Prepare for a Journey of Transformation: Jacquelyn Lane and Scott Osman on PYP 580

  Coaching can be a transformative experience in people's lives. Here's how to get the most out of your coach.

  
• 02.20.2024

  The Joy of Cooking as an Earth Citizen: Lois Ellen Frank, PhD on PYP 579

  Until we fix our broken food system and broken web of human relationships, no one can be truly healthy. Today's guest shares an ancient and extremely timely perspective on how we can get there. Plus recipes!

  
• 02.09.2024

  Diversity & Inclusion: Wokeness Run Amok or Simply Good Business?: Sally Helgesen on Plant Yourself

  Are initiatives to diversify the workplace helping or hurting organizations? Does diversity help or undermine excellence?

  
• 01.24.2024

  How to Make Healthy Vegan Bread: Ed and Natasha Tatton on PYP 577

  In a Wonderbread world, what would happen if we returned to the old ways? Today's guests share the joys and meaning of slow, mindful, healthy sourdough baking.

  
• 01.17.2024

  The Sneak Attack that Makes Cravings Irresistible - and How to Resist Anyway: Glenn Livingston, PhD on PYP 576

  Why do cravings return with a vengeance just when we think we've got them beat? And can the answer help us defeat our cravings for good?

  
• 01.08.2024

  Why Rational People Believe Irrational Things: Dan Ariely on PYP 575

  Why do smart, well-educated people fall for insane conspiracy theories? And once caught in their web, can we make them see reason?

  
• 01.03.2024

  Can Economic Theory Help You Have a Good Life? Matthew Nagler on PYP 574

  Understanding fundamental concepts in economics turns out to be darn useful in crafting a fulfilling life. Today's guest explains why and how.

  
• 12.05.2023

  A Journey of Healing and Service: Tracy Garrigan on PYP 573

  A roller coaster ride of medical catastrophe and healing, miracles and despair, led Tracy Garrigan to become a holistic health coach. She's now training coaches to bring hope to those who have been suffering.

  
• 11.21.2023

  Removing Trauma Response with Yes/And Healing: Alun Parry and Yael Zivan on PYP 572

  Neuroscience has recently cracked the code on how the brain updates and heals from trauma, but few therapists or coaches know about the breakthrough. Today's guest is working to change that.

  
• 11.13.2023

  The Anatomy of Life-Changing Conversations: Jon Connelly on PYP 571

  Does trauma healing have to involve painful and lengthy therapy that forces patients to revisit their worst moments? Or, as Jon Connelly claims, can profoundly effective therapy be fun, light, non-threatening - and fast?

  
• 10.24.2023

  Overcoming OCD and Anxiety: Robert James on PYP 570

  What is obsessive-compulsive disorder? What are the symptoms, and what's the lived experience? And how can we overcome it and live a full and satisfying life?

  
• 10.18.2023

  Does Business Have to Be Icky? Mark Silver on PYP 569

  Do you have to become a ruthless predator in order to make money as a business owner? Or can running a small business be an act of healing and love?

  
• 10.11.2023

  Is Your Garden Fertilizer an Animal Graveyard? Erin Riley on PYP 568

  Erin Riley shares why we need to avoid commercial fertilizer - even most "organic" brands - if we aim to nurture an earth- and people- and animal-friendly home garden.

  
• 09.13.2023

  My Coaching Evolution: Glenn Livingston interviews Howie Jacobson: PYP 567

  My coaching has changed a lot over the past 20 years. Here's how I now help clients achieve lasting, effortless, transformational change.

  
• 09.05.2023

  True Privilege is Growing Up in a Low-Trauma Environment: Momma Kai on PYP 566

  Momma Kai returns to the podcast to share her vision for a world without poverty or homelessness.

  
• 08.29.2023

  Kindness as a Strategy for Revolutionary Change: Teju Ravilochan on PYP 565

  Is there real, revolutionary power in kindness and compassion in a "might-makes-right" world? Here's a story that will blow your mind.

  
• 08.23.2023

  Deepening Compassion and Connection with Ourselves: Veronica Monet on PYP 564

  In order to heal our minds and spirits, we must contact - and welcome home - all the exiled parts of ourselves. Veronica Monet shares how IFS can help.

  
• 08.17.2023

  Fitness as a Deeply Embodied Practice: Philip Shepherd on PYP 563

  Can we find belonging, peace, and deep healing in the gym, of all places? Embodiment guide Philip Shepherd shows us how.

  
• 08.09.2023

  Helping the Unhoused - and Homeless - Move From Poverty to Prosperity: Momma Kai Sanders on PYP 562

  How can we end homelessness? Unhoused activist and visionary Momma Kai shares her experiences and solutions.

  
• 08.02.2023

  Introduction to My New Life in Spain

  I've been in Spain for 9 weeks now, and some listeners have requested a "stream of consciousness" episode from my new locale. Today we go on a walking tour of my new town, Sitges, as I discuss what my life...

  
• 07.26.2023

  Cultivating Grace Under Pressure: John Baldoni on PYP 560

  What is grace, and how can we use it to navigate challenging times with compassion and resilience? And why is it a prerequisite of modern leadership?

  
• 07.20.2023

  The Wise Women of Psychedelia: Rachel Harris, PhD, on PYP 559

  There have been women practicing psychedelic healing in anonymity for decades. What can they teach our modern culture about developing safe, effective, and respectful relationships with these powerful substances?

  
• 07.13.2023

  Fasting vs Long COVID: Roger Talbott on PYP 558

  What's it like to suffer from Long COVID in one's 70s? And can water fasting bring about healing?

  
• 07.05.2023

  Venerating the Earth Through Wild Yoga: Rebecca Wildbear on PYP 557

  Rebecca Wildbear is an outdoor guide, yoga teacher, and author of Wild Yoga: A Practice of Initiation, Veneration & Advocacy for the Earth. She invites us to view yoga as both a personal practice and a form of environmental and...

  
• 06.07.2023

  Building a Shame-Free Zone in a Sexually Messed Up World: Veronica Monet on PYP 556

  Veronica Monet grew up in a repressive and abusive cult, developed and recovered from severe addiction, toiled in the corporate world, and worked as a high-end escort for 15 years. She now helps people overcome trauma and heal from shame...

  
• 05.19.2023

  Practical Ethics for Our Time: Peter Singer on PYP 555

  Peter Singer pretty much launched the animal rights and animal welfare movements in 1975 with the publication of Animal Liberation. Forty-eight years later, he's got a revised edition coming out: Animal Liberation Now.

  
• 05.05.2023

  Rising Together in the Workplace: Sally Helgesen on PYP 554

  How can we create workplace cultures that include all of us, when there's still so much sexism, racism, and systematic fuckery in organizations?

  
• 04.06.2023

  The Art and Neuroscience of Transformational Change: Dr Tori Olds on PYP 553

  For most of the 20th century, neuroscientists believed that old emotional memories could only be managed, not removed. Until the discovery of Memory Reconsolidation...

  
• 03.24.2023

  The Badass Vegan: John Lewis on PYP 552

  John Lewis takes on the system in his blistering documentary, They're Trying to Kill Us. In his book and social media, he instructs, inspires, and delights.

  
• 03.07.2023

  Great Food, Not Education, Will Change Habits: Danny O'Malley on PYP 551

  Danny O'Malley wants you to eat plant-based protein because it's inexpensive, convenient, and tasty.

  
• 03.01.2023

  The Brave Athlete -- and Screenwriter!: Simon Marshall and Lesley Paterson on PYP 550

  Five years after Lesley and Simon appeared on this podcast to talk about how to set and achieve athletic goals, Lesley just won a BAFTA for screenwriting. So let's listen again to this 2018 conversation for clues about how to...

  
• 02.15.2023

  How to Market a Vegan Business the Right Way: Sandra Nomoto on PYP 549

  How can vegans market their businesses to take advantage of affinities in the vegan community, without alienating everyone else? And should they even try?

  
• 02.08.2023

  Are We Having Fun Yet?: Mike Rucker on PYP 548

  We can get so caught up in duty and obligation and self-improvement that we neglect one of the key elements of a good life: plain old fun.

  
• 01.18.2023

  How to Live Based on Values, Not Impulses: Russ Harris on PYP 547

  Russ Harris, author of the bestselling The Happiness Trap, shares techniques and practices for unhooking from the mind's dictates to live a joyful, authentic, and purpose-driven life.

  
• 01.10.2023

  Preventing Prostate Cancer: Benny Gavi, MD, and Maya Eylon on PYP 546

  Is prostate cancer preventable? What does the latest science say about dietary and lifestyle choices that can actually change the outcome?

  
• 01.02.2023

  How to Engage in "Healthy Conflict": Mark Goulston, MD, on PYP 545

  Mark Goulston, MD, shares how to engage in healthy conflict, control your anger in tough situations, and defuse tension with "surgical empathy" and "radical patience."

  
• 12.19.2022

  Own Your Nervous System: Sukie Baxter on PYP 544

  What are the root causes of physical tension and chronic emotional distress? How can we truly heal our bodies and minds? Today's guest points to the nervous system as the node of highest leverage.

  
• 12.06.2022

  How Palm Oil, Colonialism, and Greed Have Endangered the World: Jocelyn Zuckerman on PYP 543

  In terms of human suffering and environmental destruction, there's little that can compare to the global trade in palm oil. Today's guest takes us a hard yet vital journey of discovery and understanding.

  
• 11.29.2022

  The Sounds of Life: Karen Bakker, PhD on PYP 542

  Humans aren't the only beings that talk to each other. Whales, elephants, bees, corals, unhatched turtles, and even plants and fungi use sound waves to connect and coordinate. Can we begin to understand them, and talk back?

  
• 11.22.2022

  The Inner Work of Age: Connie Zweig, PhD, on PYP 541

  Aging can be a hard ride, as we let go of everything that made us who we are. Or it can be an opportunity for spiritual growth as we drop roles in exchange for connection to our souls.

  
• 11.15.2022

  Design the Long Life You Love: Ayse Birsel on PYP 540

  What makes for a meaningful and joyful long life? Is it just random, or can you proactively design it?

  
• 11.08.2022

  Midterms and Energizing Outcomes: Howie Jacobson on PYP 539

  My walking thoughts on today's midterms, individual and social change, and healing our collective trauma while fighting against fascism.

  
• 11.02.2022

  Having - and Being - a Friend at Work: Morag Barrett on PYP 538

  Do you feel supported and cared for at work? Are you a friend to others? The answers could determine your happiness, and the ultimate fate of your organization.

  
• 10.25.2022

  The Virtues of Settling: Howie Jacobson on PYP 537

  Let's walk in the woods and talk about acorns, sustainable agriculture, cameras, frustration, and the pros and cons of settling.

  
• 10.20.2022

  The Seismic Shift in Leadership: Michelle Johnston, PhD, on PYP 536

  The old "command-and-control" leadership style is proving less and less effective in the era of pandemic, Millennials, and growing appreciation of the value of inclusivity and safety in the workplace. Michelle Johnston tells us what has replaced it, and how...

  
• 10.11.2022

  Nature and the Nervous System: Howie Jacobson on PYP 535

  Take a walk in the woods with Howie and catch up on what he's been reading and thinking about.