Authentic Storytelling

By Albert BonetSociety & Culture Philosophy

Authentic Storytelling episodes

June 29How to find the truth when every image lies | Graham Uden, photographer
What does a photographer who has worked everywhere from war zones to Disney castles know about truth that the rest of us don't? Albert Bonet reopens Authentic Storytelling with Graham Uden, who covered conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq and has spent a lifetime learning what an image can, and can't, tell you.
In this conversation:
Why the truth is rarely what the headlines say, and how to find it for yourself
Working in conflict zones, and the strange calm of seeing it all through the lens
Growing up in a funeral home, and what it taught him about death and fear
Trusting your instinct in the AI era, when you can't believe what you see
Why someone will always tell you "no", and how to get past them
"There's always someone who'll tell you 'no.' You have to find your own way to get where you want to go."
Graham Uden is a British photographer based in Indonesia, with decades of work across Asia, from conflict and editorial to corporate and commercial (including Hong Kong Disneyland and the Hong Kong Airport Authority). Find him: grahamuden.com
This is the first of two conversations with Graham. Part two goes behind the scenes at Disney, and the craft of immersive storytelling.
1 hr 29 min
July 23, 2019How language creates your reality | Sophie McLean, transformational teacher
The words you speak don't just describe your world, they create it. Albert Bonet sits down with transformational teacher Sophie McLean (author of The Elegance of Simplicity) at her home in Provence, to explore how language shapes reality, what it truly means to listen, and how to see the ego for what it is.
In this conversation:
The "language of declaration" and how it creates your reality
Listening with no opinion, judgment, or fear
Why authentic storytelling holds many perspectives, not one
Understanding the ego as something you create, not who you are
"The language of declaration creates your reality."
Sophie McLean is a transformational seminar leader and author. Find her: sophiemclean.com · Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram
1 hr
April 30, 2019Dropping the masks we built to survive | Connie-Lee Bennett, leadership trainer
We build layers to protect ourselves, then forget they aren't who we are. Albert Bonet talks with authentic leadership trainer Connie-Lee Bennett about peeling back the masks built through trauma and conditioning, and leading from your true self instead of your armour.
In this conversation:
Motivation (from the mind) vs inspiration (from the spirit)
Responsibility as growth, not guilt
Why vulnerability and openness are the root of real leadership
Her process for reconnecting with who you actually are
Connie-Lee Bennett is an authentic leadership trainer, CEO of Meraki CLB Group, speaker and author. Find her: connieleebennett.com · instagram.com/connieleebennett
50 min
March 01, 2019The honest art of making things beautiful | Bernard Paes, creative director
Marketing is the art of making things beautiful. So where does honest presentation end and deception begin? Albert Bonet talks with creative director Bernard Paes, who spent decades running an advertising agency in Dubai, about authenticity, the "makeup" we put on products and people, and the ethical line he refused to cross.
In this conversation:
Why we all "dress up" for different rooms, and when that turns dishonest
Loyalty to a brand over money, and what it cost him
How marketing changed in the digital age
Humility, courage, and integrity in a selling profession
Bernard Paes is a creative director and entrepreneur: born in India, raised in Kuwait, decades in Dubai advertising, now in luxury perfume packaging in France.
34 min
February 22, 2019 I couldn’t keep functioning in my old conditioning, Hana Sim

Hana Sim is Orgasmic Meditation Trainer and Relationship Coach from South Korea. She says she used to be a floating head, having spent most of her life in universities, doing Masters and a PhD. I ask her how can we more authentic in our storytelling when most people are in their heads. Hana explains how Orgasmic Meditation helped her to be present.

Nicole Daedone is the one who made this practice; her first book is called “Slow Sex”. After it goes to our mindset, if we make it slow enough then we can see ourselves from the moment I see something new and then add up the interpretation.

We talk about how easy it is to label things, to judge them instead of observing them.

I think my judgement diffuses to other people, so at the end we think the same thing. The way we trained ourselves in Orgasmic Meditation is call what I see, and it changes our mentality.

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Watch the full conversation between storytellers Hana Sim and Albert Bonet.

She recognises she learned all the other things which can look good, but never really learned how to nourish herself as an adult human being.

I could not keep functioning in my old conditioning. I always had to perform and always had to show others that I’m worthy. It kept giving me a diminishing return. The more hard work I put in, it was giving me less and less satisfaction. At one point, it hit zero.

We discuss about being present in our bodies, and how if we do this we all feel each other. But we’re so busy thinking, she says, that we don’t recall all the things we feel. And about being in our masculinity or in our femininity:

The masculine way is to calculate the most efficient point to the end. The feminine way is "oh I’d like to feel this thing and maybe if I feel that then I can move to another point". It’s always moving and always very flexible. When we follow our feelings it doesn’t make sense.

You can get in touch with Hana Sim in Facebook

READ THE FULL TRANSCRIPT:

ALBERT: So, here I am in Paris with Hana Sim. Hi Hana HANA: Hi ALBERT: Hana is an orgasmic meditation trainer and relationship coach and I’m meeting her to talk about authentic storytelling, of course, so we’ve been talking already a bit about your background, about what you do. Just tell me again what is orgasmic meditation for those of us who don’t know. HANA: OK, orgasmic meditation is a mindfulness practice so that means we train our attention on our body and how we feel and the way we do it is with another person so that’s more interesting and dynamic and there are lots of surprises. And if the normal zen or mindfulness practice concentrate their attention on their respiration and their breath, here we concentrate our attention on the point of contact between the fingertip and clitoris of woman so that’s really electric and very dynamic. ALBERT: OK so that’s definitely very intimate, right and when you told me just a few minutes ago about this, this is like wow this is very intimate and what I find very interesting is that you’re originally from South Korea, right, but you live now in Paris and you mostly practice in Paris. So being you from this background with a society in Asia with this more constricted social norms, how was your journey from that environment to going headfirst into orgasmic meditation? What was your journey there? What happened? HANA: There are many things that happened, there is my personal story and my different plans and my plan failed and there are many things,
42 min
February 12, 2019Creating from intuition, not fear | Aashish Rego, music & film producer
What does it take to make art that touches people, not just impresses them? Albert Bonet sits down with music and film producer Aashish Rego to talk about creating from intuition instead of fear, and why the deepest connection comes from surrender, trust, and love.
In this conversation:
Why technical skill alone doesn't move an audience
Creating from the soul rather than the ego
How facing your fear makes you more powerful
Aashish's vision of "one world, one people"
"We have the infinite potential to feel through our soul."
Aashish Rego is a music and film producer from India, composing for film and TV. Find him: facebook.com/aashishregomusic · twitter.com/Boomboxguy
22 min

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