Challenge Accepted

On April 20th, 2020, we're embarking on a 2,650-mile-hike journey from Mexico to Canada. The Pacific Crest Trail will take us through scorching deserts, tunnels of forests, glaciated mountain passes, and conical volcanic peaks.

And we want to share some of the magic of the trail with you!

Check out the offerings in the link below and feel free to get involved to whatever degree you feel inspired: https://mattprindle.com/pct/

A journey worth returning to the podcast for: 2650 miles from Mexico to Canada through scorching deserts, tunnels of forests, with shaded mountain passes, and conical volcanic peaks with my partner and her two-year-old ... 

Learn more about this journey at https://intentioninspired.com/pct/

A casual drink often unknowingly leads to alcohol abuse. Victor Yocco shows us how to prevent it and how to create healthy environments to break the habit.

Key takeaways and further resources can be found at mattprindle.com/alcohol

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Connect with Victor Yocco:

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Audio: 'Raggamuffin' Instrumental by Selah Sue

Join me as I unpack the riveting account of therapist and struggling alcoholic, Mike Pond. With the help of his partner and filmmaker Maureen Paler, they venture on a quest to find a better way of treating addiction.

Key takeaways and further resources can be found at mattprindle.com/alcohol

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Resources mentioned by Mike and Maureen:

Book: Wasted: An Alcoholic Therapist's Fight for Recovery in a Flawed Treatment System

Documentary: Wasted (curretnly only available in the UK)

Online Resource: AddictionTheNextStep.com

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Audio: 'Raggamuffin' Instrumental by Selah Sue

Tonic or a poison? A bit of understanding, appreciation, and respect can help develop a happy, healthy relationship with alcohol.

Joining me is Sommelier and Mixologist Kelly Woods, owner of Gillespie's Fine Spirits in Squamish, BC where Kelly and her partner John McLellan have been honing their passion of distilling local, awesome, booze. Kelly walks us through her distillery and offers us a taste of her life's work while educating us on the ins and outs of the craft.

Key takeaways can be found at mattprindle.com/alcohol

Meditate for 30 minutes for 30 Days? Challenge Accepted!

See how this meditation challenge that has equipped me to embrace the vast richness of life in a way that cannot be described, but only experienced.

In this episode, we're joined by Sunirmalya Symons, who started The Meditation Society of Australia to help others explore meditation techniques, styles and traditions without any associated obligations or hidden agendas. Through his 30+ years of experience, he helps me break down mediation in a very straightforward and exciting way.

Learn more at mattprindle.com/meditate

Meditate for 30 minutes for 30 Days? Challenge Accepted!

Join me as I approach meditation with a clear and fresh understanding of practices that cultivate mindful awareness during the 30 Day Meditation Challenge.

In this episode, we're joined by Martial Arts Expert, Richard Gilbert who teaches us how to move more mindfully and cultivate more awareness throughout the ups and downs of daily life.

Learn more at mattprindle.com/meditate

Meditate for 30 minutes for 30 Days? Challenge Accepted!

Join me as I approach meditation with a clear and fresh understanding of practices that cultivate mindful awareness during the 30 Day Meditation Challenge.

Learn more at mattprindle.com/meditate

In this episode, we're joined by Diana Winston who, after 30 years of mindfulness training, is now working with UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center as the Director of Mindfulness Education. Her goal is to ultimately cultivate a more peacefulness compassionate society through mindfulness meditation training. In our conversation, she shares the benefits from her own experience, how meditation affects the brain, and how to further cultivate mindfulness regardless of one's beliefs or background.

Meditate for 30 minutes for 30 Days? Challenge Accepted!

Join me as I approach meditation with a clear and fresh understanding of practices that cultivate mindful awareness during the 30 Day Meditation Challenge.

Learn more at mattprindle.com/meditate

Living off food stamps for 30 Days - Challenge Accepted!

As an impetus to better understand what others go through with a limited food budget, I accepted the challenge to live on food stamps for a month.

Learn more at mattprindle.com/foodstamps