In this episode I interview Mark Turk, the director and founder of Beat for Beat, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing music education to students in public schools. Mark shares personal experiences and insights, shedding light on the transformative power of music and the importance of arts education in fostering creativity and innovation.   

Topics discussed:  

- The importance of creativity and music education 

- Beat for Beat's double impact model 

- Partnerships with Ableton and other organizations 

- Transformative experiences and changing lives through music education 

- Challenges faced by Beat for Beat 

- The need for a holistic approach to education 

- Assessing a child's emotional well-being in music programs 

- The power of performances and their impact on confidence 

- Podcasting as a learning tool and student-generated mini-podcasts 

- The cognitive and emotional benefits of playing music 

- Mentoring musicians for professional growth 

- The journey of Beat for Beat from a small teaching effort to a nonprofit organization 

- Advice for starting a nonprofit 

- Future goals of Beat for Beat 

- How to support Beat for Beat  

Tune in to explore the transformative potential of music education and its role in nurturing creativity and empowerment in students.  You can watch the video version on YouTube and learn more about Beat for Beat's initiatives and the impact of music education on students' lives.   

Connect with Beat 4 Beat: https://beat4beat.org/

In this episode of Amplify What You Love, Jaya Marks, AI software engineer & tech trailblazer, delves into the intersection of math, physics, and spirituality. Jaya shares his journey of studying math and physics in college, traveling to India to become a celibate monk and study Vedanta and Bhakti Yoga, and returning to the West and starting a family. He talks about the importance of finding a spiritual teacher while also discovering the truth for oneself.

With wisdom, humor, and personal anecdotes, Jaya discusses concepts like zero, one, and infinity as profoundly intimate, personal, and spiritual concepts. He explains how our projection into the future is based on who we are and what we seek, and how the desire for a flavor that comes from the deepest core of the self is what reality itself is made of.

Tune in to this intriguing and inspiring conversation, and visit jayamarks.com to find out more about Jaya's work.

Topics discussed: Math, physics, spirituality, meditation, psychedelics, the hero's journey, relationships, startups, cyclic conformal cosmology, hypergraph, art, morals.

Entities mentioned: Jaya Marks, the Maha mantra, Srila Narayana Maharaja, Gurudeva, Bhakti Yoga, Roger Penrose, Wolfram.

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My guest today, is Melissa Meader, founder of Synchrosoma, teaches a unique approach to working with our unconscious and shadowy material. Combining over 30 years in the yoga tradition, Jungian psychology, and intuitive archetypal based somatic practices, she has been helping others learn the art of “Shadow Stalking”.

She shares powerful modalities for self revelation through deep understanding of how the archetypes and shadows work in our lives. By doing this work we have the ability to mature our soul and co-create our mission on earth. In his book The Body Keeps The Score, Dr Bessel Vander Kolk says: Neuroscience research shows that the only way we can change the way we feel is by becoming aware of our inner experience and learning to befriend what is going inside ourselves.

In this episode Melissa shows us how to do this practically, and turns my world upside down in the best way. She shares powerful tools, universal truths, and hilarious stories that will help you to unlock your own Body’s wisdom and deepen your shadow work practice through embodiment practices.

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Or Signup for her amazing Shadow Work 101 Course: https://synchrosoma.thinkific.com/courses/shadow-stalking-101

And tune into her powerful podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/SPs51lg8

Her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/synchrosoma/

Her Website: https://www.synchrosoma.com/

When I started this podcast there was one guest in particular that I immediately wanted to interview, but I wanted to build up an audience before doing so. Here we are two years later and I was finally able to sit down with my spiritual teacher BV Siddhanti Maharaja.

Born in India, He has been a monk for over 30 years, in the Vaisnava tradition of Bhakti Yoga. He has personally served and cared for several of the most honored and respected gurus in this tradition and is an expert on speaking on the famous sacred text of India, the Srimad Bhagavatam. He travels all over the world speaking and sharing on spiritual topics about developing love of God, and is spreading a message of divine love through the chanting of God’s names.

We discuss:

Learn more about BV Siddhanti Maharaja and subscribe to his wonderful YouTube Channel: @SripadBVSiddhantiMaharaj

Website: http://bvsiddhantimaharaj.com

You can also watch this interview on my Youtube channel.

Mentorship can unlock the world. When elders share knowledge, skills, and support with youth, magic and transformation happen. I'm grateful for my guest today as he shares stories and lessons that have impacted and transformed him.On today's episode, I interview Anthony Thomas, athletics teacher, coach, and podcast host, and we dive deep into how Anthony's community impacted him greatly, the power of role models and mentors, the origin of Anthony's podcast a Long Way From The Block, a show about how stories of how passion and craft take us to the corners of the world.

Listen to Anthony's podcast here:
https://www.withanthonythomas.com/episodes
Follow Anthony on YouTube: @A Long Way From The Block with Anthony Thomas
Follow Anthony on Instagram: @alongwayfromtheblock

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I sit down with Jeremy Enns, CEO and Lead Strategist at Podcast Marketing Academy to uncover proven strategies for accelerating the growth of our podcasts, while finding fulfillment in the process.

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Socrates once wrote: Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. Today’s guest has kindled the flame within thousands of students, viewers, and educators around the world, and I hope that a fire is lit within you today after hearing our conversation. Mr. Reynolds is a west Philadelphia high school literature teacher, author, YouTuber, & public speaker. In his book, Teach Your Class Off, on his YouTube Channel, Real Rap With Reynolds, and on his Podcast, Sunday Night Teacher Talk, Reynolds offers an authentic glimpse into what it looks like to teach high school in the inner city while at the same time building pathways and pipelines to help new and veteran educators become the teachers they're called to be. His bare-bones teaching philosophy is simple: In the classroom relationships are king, and education is only ever about the students. He has collaborated with some of the world’s largest brands and is so generous with sharing what he loves and knows makes an impact in the world.

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He who awaits much can expect little.

- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Cristina Roman is a procrastination coach who works with business owners who have a shit-ton of half-finished projects who want to stop procrastinating so they can become a repeat-project-finisher. We’re going to get straight to the point and give you valuable and actionable information so that you can overcome procrastination and get more done, while using less energy.

Join Cristina during the free Anti-procrastination challenge: piquecoaching.co/apc

Listen to her podcast: piquecoaching.co/podcast

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What if our creative practice is equally as important as our fitness, our relationships, and our career? In this episode, I sit down with Sri Kala, a music producer, songwriter, and coach for artists who want to unlock their true creative expression and share that with the world. He's collaborated with some of the biggest names in the conscious and devotional music scene. We explore artistry, how our environment shapes our expression, his time living as a monk in an ashram, how to use creative writing as a tool for finding ourselves, and how to unlock our creative genius.

You can watch the video version of this episode on my YouTube Channel

Resources:

1. Sri Kala gives a writing exercise that you can download here.
2. Follow Sri Kala on his socials
3. Check out his amazing healing audio meditation podcast, State of Heart.  
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Sometimes we don't know what we have until we are faced with losing everything. Kimberly Gonzalez had this realization as she went through two strokes and confronted the possibility of death. From that moment on, despite coping with the many health challenges that come from living with multiple auto-immune diseases, she's been sharing her journey with the world, cultivating daily gratitude and inspiring thousands. She’s a podcast host and motivational influencer who uses her platform to help people cultivate self-love despite disabilities and health challenges.

In this episode, we discuss her journey with her podcast, how she handles her health challenges, but still accomplishes so much, and lives her life to the fullest. navigating fear, overwhelm, and comparison, and how to cultivate self-love in our lives.

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