Future Design Podcast

This is a short form episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.

It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.

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Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

This is a short form episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.

It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.

Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here.

Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

Energy is delivered to the body through not only the foods and liquids that we consume but also from etheric matter. In Indian terminology, our body has also an invisible body known as Pranamayokosha, and Prana (energy) is distributed from the outer world to the physical body through this energy body. When Prana energy is flowing and glowing, we feel positive and healthy. When Prana is subdued, we can feel negative and sick. We can also reverse this energy externally as well.

In this episode, I speak with Peter Paul Parker, a meditation coach, Ki Gong instructor, and sound healer. After an out-of-body experience on the road as a rock musician,
he found out there was something outside of the physical realm. That brought him to meditation and further into the world of Ki Gong, the ancient art of mastering the energy flow.

Here we talk about;
- Who is Peter Paul Parker
- How did he get into meditation and Ki Gong
- What is Ki Gong
- How he thinks the energy flow can change the human consciousness
- What are his views on changing the world we have today

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Guest: Peter Paul Parker (Website)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.

It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.

Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here.

Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

Technology was supposed to bring us together but somehow it has divided us. We have traded in convenience for human connection. We can do every daily activity while staying in the comforts of our house. Shopping can be done on Amazon, food delivery on Food Panda, exercise on Peleton or gym apps, calls on Zoom, etc. Our opinions can even be canceled on social media. Even though we aren't actually isolated, jobless, or friendless, why are we becoming more lonely?

In this episode, Peng Fong, a 20-year veteran journalist and podcast host of Alone Together, discusses the culprits of making us lonely in this world where we are not necessarily alone, and how we can bring ourselves out of our shells in order to feel connected again.

Here we discuss;
- Why she started the Alone Together Podcast
- Addressing loneliness
- Technology's tradeoff of convenience
- Parental hacks for children
- Accepting and being curious about opposing opinions
- Using technology to bring us together

Peg Fong has been writing for the Vancouver Sun, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, CBC, South China Morning Post, and The Economist. She also teaches Journalism at Langara College in Vancouver.

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Guest: Peg Fong (LinkedIn)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.

It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.

Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here.

Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.

It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.

Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here.

Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.

It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.

Subscribe to my weekly/monthly newsletter here.

Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

Religions create conflict all around the world. However, was religion really created so that it polarizes people? Doesn't all religions teach us how to love each other and seek a peaceful world? Did it also say, as long as it's between religious members? I don't really think so. If it did, was it the original intention, or was it because the teaching became a doctrine to organize people?

In this week's episode, I invited Jerry Zehr, the author of The Peacemaker's Path: Multifaith Reflections to Deepen Your Spirituality. We talk about how we have to look at similarities, not differences between religions to reduce conflict in this world. The old teachings of each religion do not ask us to hate each other but to look for the divine within ourselves, that can love oneself and others to create peace and harmony among us. Our tribalistic nature and power hunger have created walls between us, and we must break through them by understanding that we are all the same.

Here's what we discuss;
- Walking the Enlightened Path
- Why religious conflicts exist and how to overcome them
- Repair by loving oneself
- Kharma is universal
- Human connection creates happiness

Jerry is an ordained minister and has been a leader in Interfaith ministries for over 30 years. His desire is to help bring shalom to our world today. His book The Peacemaker's Path explores six core teachings in the Major World Religions that can bring unity and healing to our polarized society.

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Guest: Jerry Zehr (LinkedIn)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)