tony litster joins wes today in which we need to learn to love ourselves first and foremost. in order to avoid self-sabotage during this process, we need to shift the mindset from "if you really knew me you wouldn't like me" to "the real me is awesome!" instead of focusing on the darkness within, we need to recognize the light.

when we learn to love ourselves, we can share our authentic selves with others and make change for the better. according to tony, there's a difference between intensity vs love. in regards to porn and sex, it becomes an addiction of adrenaline, no longer making a fulfilling love connection. the more we intentionally connect experiences with someone we love, we shift the addiction that porn creates into something good that we then crave. we get back to the natural laws that are self-evident in which are bodies simply tell us by how good we feel, and it just makes sense (like gravity). you chose the story, but then you take action; you start with self-love, learning to accept yourself with the shadow. make an allowance for the humanity and realize that we're all human.

links to check out:

 

beach prophet's 7 irrefutable laws with tony litster

huffington post article on the root's of addiction

A HUMAN PROJECT podcast about how to teach sex to youth

A HUMAN PROJECT podcast on addiction recovery

wayne dyer inspirational quotes

tony lister's cure the craving site

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When sharing a message and it comes across as "I'm better than you" rather than look at how much I am loved, feelings of worthlessness and not being good enough take over our self-worth. Religion walks a fine line of condemning sinners and lifting people up to become better than they currently are. Wes and Ryan have a very open discussion on religion and share a few "secrets" (they're really not because it's so simple) that they have been able to use to help lift up others, especially our youth. Perfection is not possible, so instead of shooting for that and continually failing, choose instead to become great.

links to check out:

 

6th crusade which achieved a peaceful decade-long treaty/holy war that was more of a relief effort

"the meeting" between mlk jr and Malcolm x

A HUMAN PROJECT podcast on human beings not fully developing until the age of 25

The Human Podcast Facebook Page

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we have become a society full of catchy titles and cell phone videos posted online with the hopes of going viral. so does that mean that we're suffering from a sickness? because the content has become garbage, what does that say about us as a society? according to wes and ryan in today's podcast, writing is quickly becoming a thing of the past.

instead of focusing on real issues and problems instead of having a conversation about them, red herrings are thrown around in the form of unexplained phenomena. news has become a misconstrued version of one person's opinion tossed out as fact, without any fact checking or research. this has not only been used on even reputable sites but is now considered acceptable, so when we as a society are actually presented with evidence and facts, we refuse to believe it because of one person's opinion being louder than the sound truth.

links to check out:

 

boston bomber on cnn

2,000 geese fall from sky dead cnn

obama "ruining wedding" on golf course and make up for it with an even better location

isis world order

alex from target viral photo

usa today: california has one year left of clean water opinion

canada ranked as #1 for smartest country and highest ranked countries

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EDITS BY A REDHEAD

 

Every so often, Wes and Ryan get their facts a little off. Little did they know that by having a redheaded history and English teacher do their show notes, they were also going to get called out when they don't get their history right. I'll try not to make fun of them as well, but you never know what you're going to get with a redhead, so sometimes you'll see this section and sometimes you won't. Below are a few clarifications from statements made during today's podcast:

Princess Di was killed in a car crash in Paris

Besides the fact that I still remember walking into my house after my first day of work from my first job to watch the news reporting the tragic death of Princess Diana, I also walked right past the very tunnel that she died in while visiting Paris. She did not die in London, Ryan!!!!

Pulitzer and Hearst

Clearly Wes does not have the soundtrack to Newsies memorized like some girl who shall remain nameless does. This same redheaded girl may or may not have also had a huge tween crush on pretty much every newsboy in the movie, but "The World Will Know" is pretty clear about which big business tycoons they were talking about.

Rockefellers (they were oil big wigs) were NOT mentioned in Newsies, but at least Wes got the right time period, so that's something, I suppose.

noah j elias, famed for his art in disney,  joins wes and ryan to share how important it is to find one's life purpose and seeing the art in living. at 28 he hit a wall with a mid-life crisis and now helps people get to their "you," meaning their unique contribution to the world.

it doesn't take a million bucks to live like a millionaire. success can quickly become boring. if we want to succeed, we have to get uncomfortable. many have the desire to change the world, but it will do little good if our own houses, meaning the relationships at home, are not in order. the world is going to gets its greatest value from us that way.  we're meant to do life together, and that's when amazing things get done.

links to check out:

noah, disney art extraordinaire

noah university

reimagine conference

noah's instagram

noah linkedin

simon sinek: "people do not buy what you do but why you do it" ted talk

acres of love program for orphans in africa

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