Mike and Derek are joined by Harrison P. Crown, Ben Tomassetti, Yovanna Claro & Eden (@wanderofeden) to discuss some quarantine confession- we're all trying to find the positive, but what about those inevitable moments of despair and bleakness? How do we reckon with those?

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Mike sits down with Roop and they discuss his recovery from a terrible car accident in his senior year of high school. They speak about how he went from being in a coma, to rehabilitating himself mentally and physically and eventually becoming a succesful Assistant Attorney General in Maryland with a beautiful family. We speak about meditation, depression, mental health and of course, being content.

In this episode we talk about Jesus's non violent teachings, our Yes, fear, unconscious cycles, with quotes from:

Jesus: “To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic. Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back."

Dag Hammarskjold: “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: Let all that is in me serve Thus, and thus free me from fear You dare your yes— and experience a meaning. You repeat your yes— and all things acquire meaning. When everything had a meaning, how can you live anything but a Yes?”

Stephen Covey: “You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good.”

Lisa Olivera - "we get to contain both grief and the joy, the ugly and the beautiful, the challenge and the ease, the fear and the groundedness, the unknown and the presence, the isolation and the connection, the despair and the hope. All of it is allowed"

Mike sits down with Apollo and discusses giving from the overflow of your saucer, post pandemic life, a story from Wuhan, China , conspiracies, debates, self care, the magnification of everything from relationships to all of our internal issues right now, we play an unreleased song "Better Days" by Apollo and Shok, and speak about the upcoming album "Light and Shadows" and many many jewels are dropped!!

Mike is joined by pastor Joseph Cortese (@josephcortese), of the Crossroads Tabernacle in the Bronx, to discuss how COVID has impacted our sense of community and the importance of falling upward and climbing life's 'second mountain'.

We talk about doing what you can on your side of the river, power, friends, Stoic teachings, Victor Frankl's logo-therapy, 1st century Jesus, The Hindu story of Hanuman rescuing Sita , Voltron and The Corona Virus Anxiety Workbook.

Mike interviews Jason Burnham, of Culture Design Inc., covering his journey from club promoter to culture designer. Jason emphasizes personal resilience; things happen from the inside out and by taking care of yourself, then and only then can you really take care of anyone else.

Mike starts off with a passage from @wanderofeden, paying homage to a Mother's suffering (and how we can all can relate) Derek weighs in and they discuss how to lean into the chaos of life. For more, follow us on instagram: @contentcontentny or on twitter: @7contentcontent

Mike is joined by Dr. Ivan Hernandez (@dr.ivanpt) to talked about controlling the controllables, while not letting the 'thought viruses' impede your progress and impede your progress.

You can purchase Dr. Hernandez's book, "Courage to Continue: Steps for Boldly Surmounting Life's Adversities" right here: https://www.amazon.com/Courage-Continue-Boldly-Surmounting-Adversities/dp/1681819953

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Mike starts with a list from Dr. Lisa Olivera (@lisaoliveratherapy) about giving up perfection and striving toward wholeness. Derek follows up with a speech from Ram Dass, on the infinite ways we can reach contentedness.

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