Chocolate Church

Chocolate Church

By Helen ZumanSociety & CultureReligion & Spirituality
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Chocolate Church episodes

  • Episode 26: How to Dissolve Obsession

    When you’re obsessed with someone, it can seem like you have no choice: this person exists in your world, arouses your fascination, irresistibly compels you. But what if obsession has everything to do with you, and nothing to do with them? And what if you can dissolve it by re-centering—on yourself?

    30 min
  • Episode 25: Let's Fail! A Cure for Do-It-Right-Itis
    I'm a recovering A student. With the exception of a couple deliberate lapses my second year of college, I spent sixteen years rabidly focused on getting good grades. Alas, what works in school does not work so well in business, or life. Thus, I have a lot to unlearn. Maybe you do too. If so, this episode is for you!
    40 min
  • Episode 24: How I Made Money with My Mind
    Do you struggle with money? Do you believe you can’t make lots of it without selling out? Do you suspect that the financial system was expressly created to keep people like you from doing work they love? Yup, yup—been there, thought that. As recently as 2018. I don’t anymore. Find out, in this episode, how I went from barely scraping by to making nearly $10K per month, and amassing a $10K surplus. Hint: I didn’t rely on changes in my circumstances.
    35 min
  • Episode 23: Where's My TIME MACHINE?
    Ever wished for a time machine? I have—most recently, when I discovered that my payment for a film option was going to be half what I’d expected, and decided I’d done myself out of a significant amount of money by choosing the “wrong” thing. Find out how I made peace with the past—and how you can do the same.
    40 min
  • Episode 22: How to Allow People to Be Wrong about You
    What do you do when you receive criticism? If you’re anything like me, you might default to, “Oh, no! I’m secretly fucked up! In ways this person can see but I can’t!” But…what if there are other options? What if other people’s opinions have everything to do with them, and nothing to do with you?
    23 min
  • Episode 20: What Should I Delete from My Life?
    Do you feel like your life is cluttered with stuff you don’t want? Are you looking to clear space in your schedule for the work it will take to accomplish an impossible goal? Do you compulsively keep yourself busy, because you’re afraid of the mean shit you’ll say to yourself if you don’t? Yup, I’ve faced those challenges too. And, with the help of a bunch of handy dandy coaching tools, made some progress toward traction and calm.
    30 min
  • Episode 19: Bike to the Future—with Gregg Zuman
    In this episode, I talk with Gregg Zuman, founder of Revolution Rickshaws and Revolution X (and also my husband), about a certain e-commerce giant’s attempt to launch an ambitious NYC trike program, how the city government could help freight cycling expand, how COVID has affected trike-based activity, how a New York State law capping cycle width at thirty-six inches has scuttled some promising experiments, and why it takes an ecosystem to effect a mode shift.
    1 hr 7 min
  • Episode 18: Quantum Divining—with Brandon Dey (Part 2)

    In this vintage two-part conversation (recorded 6 February 2020), I talk with Brandon Dey, Director of The Breatharian Institute of America, about using Quantum Divining to access your inner wisdom, as well as the unseen. Together, we explore what divining is; how divining differs from dowsing; what the ego is good for; how to get started as a diviner; how divining can change your life—and much more!

    50 min
  • Episode 17: Quantum Divining—with Brandon Dey (Part 1)

    In this vintage two-part conversation (recorded 6 February 2020), I talk with Brandon Dey, Director of The Breatharian Institute of America, about using Quantum Divining to access your inner wisdom, as well as the unseen. Together, we explore what divining is; how divining differs from dowsing; what the ego is good for; how to get started as a diviner; how divining can change your life—and much more!

    53 min

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What do you believe you're not allowed to think, do, or say? What heresies do you hold, or practice, vis a vis the groups you belong to, or the larger culture? Chocolate Church says, bring 'em on!