Lisa McFarland: "In the last couple of years, I have been able to pull away from the experiences of being human. There are so many things that we take to be real and are attached to. As we move to a broader view of things it becomes very obvious that there's a life force that unites everything that is alive. Realizing that we all started in the same place has, for me, become a more robust way of feeling connected to everything. 

My father was an entrepreneur and he still is at almost 85, working 60 hours a week. So I grew up in that environment. I wanted to emulate his entrepreneurial spirit. I never felt particularly creative, but I felt that sense of needing to perform, certainly in sports and playing instruments. 

So, there was not a sense of connectedness. It was more that sense of inching ahead. What's everyone else doing around me? What do I need to do to keep that edge, assuming that I ever had it, which I probably didn't.

I had more of a sense of competition, which did create that feeling of being separate.

That sense of ‘competition’ didn't allow for a sense of connection.”

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Have a listen as I interview my special guest Lisa McFarland.

Find out how to connect more with your “humanness”.