We ask what makes people so drawn to Christmas, Winter, and the holidays. This episode explores our unmet needs as adults that we naturally gravitate toward during the holidays. Don't be overwhelmed this season.. chill out, grab a cup, and get cozy with us!

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Episode Highlights

• The power of perception in being busy & overwhelmed 0:15
• Why are people so drawn to Christmas and the holidays? 8:56
• Do communities with different values feel differently about Christmas? 15:11
• How Christmas & Winter meet our unmet needs for grounding, reflection, and peace 20:26

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Zach  @justzachkaufman

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Neil  @neildisy

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Music-Max Van Soest @ max_fly5

In this week's episode, Zach and Neil discuss the importance of simple acts of kindness and their impact in the world. They take time to define what kindness means to them, and discuss the role that presence and authenticity play in their expression. Remember this holiday season that everything is A.O.K.!

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Episode Highlights

• The rarity of small acts of kindness 1:02
• Zach’s Starbucks story of kindness 4:10
• Becoming more present by noticing sensation in your body 8:22
• Showing up as who you are allows others to be who they are 12:01
• Fostering kindness through authenticity… East Coast kind vs West Coast nice 16:09
• How acts of kindness make the world better 20:19
• Our go to hot drinks for the holidays 25:20

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Zach  @justzachkaufman

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Neil  @neildisy

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Music-Max Van Soest @ max_fly5

Zach and Sal wrap up this two-part episode by reflecting on the major lessons of Sal's 20's and share a sweet moment cherishing the memories of their friendship. Some topics of discussion include:

- Accepting the process and making space for discipline
- Sal cultivates more empathy and self-awareness
- Mindfulness is not meant to change you, but rather to give you space to choose what part of yourself shines through
- The chest bump that shook the world

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Zach  @justzachkaufman

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Neil  @neildisy

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Music-Max Van Soest @ max_fly5

If you love to love and you love a good bromance, then tune in for what we've got this week! Zach brings on an old friend to reflect on the growth and maturation that's occurred for them in the last decade. Some topics they touch upon include:

- Who you are becoming can't be fathomed from your current vantage point

- Learning to value peak experiences and mundane moments equally

- Learning to build a life worth having

- Does objectivity exist or are all phenomena products of subjective experience?

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Zach  @justzachkaufman

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Neil  @neildisy

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Music-Max Van Soest @ max_fly5

Have trouble setting boundaries (empaths) or think you may need to (people pleasers)? Maybe you struggle when people set them with you. This episode shares the ins & outs of how boundaries serve us from creating safety to connection, respecting and not taking boundaries personally, and how to effectively set them yourself.

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Episode Highlights

• Favorite Thanksgiving eats 2:24
• What is a boundary and where does it come from? 5:21
• The relationship between your sense of safety and the ability to establish boundaries 7:58
• The process of needing to over-establish boundaries to not needing them 10:43
• Boundaries as a form of understanding, connection, and intimacy 11:42
• Respecting boundaries when you don’t understand them 19:18
• Moving beyond internalizing when somebody sets a boundary with you 23:16
• Separating from other peoples’ feelings as an empath 30:16
• How to identify that you need to set a boundary 31:41
• How to set a boundary 34:51

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Zach  @justzachkaufman

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Neil  @neildisy

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Music-Max Van Soest @ max_fly5

Zach talks about the importance of self-awareness as a foundation for self-acceptance, how to come into a harmonious relationship with one's personality, the distinction between cocky and confident, and a new motto to live this next chapter of your life by."

If you would like clarity on these concepts in your own life or would like to book a reading, reach out to Zach on IG @justzachkaufman or email him at [email protected]

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Music-Max Van Soest @ max_fly5

Here's an episode to make you smile! What does it mean to feel joy & where does it come from? We talk about its roots in social connection, inner peace, and the natural flow of consciousness. Zach shares meditative practices & Neil guides you through an easy Inner Smile Meditation

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Episode Highlights

• Neil and Zach’s stories of squats and the ripping of the trousers 4:35
• What does joy look like & where does it come from 16:00
• Feeling joy in your body and moving beyond the mammalian fear response 19:54
• The experience meditative peaceful joy vs joy in social connection 24:23
• Meditating on the joy of what underlies everything 28:04
• Does joy precede inner peace or does inner peace precede joy 31:39
• Freewill vs being a tool for consciousness to flow through us 37:00
• The silence that pervades all sound 42:00
• Guided inner smile meditation for joy 43:30

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Zach  @justzachkaufman

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Neil  @neildisy

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Music-Max Van Soest @ max_fly5

We are still in the trick-or-treat mode as we share old Halloween stories.  Zach has a song of fire & ice and Jungle Man meets an Asian quail man. We share the secret of candy corn and re-invent Halloween.

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Episode Highlights

• Zach’s halloween costume synchronicities, old costumes and Super Zach 1:28
• Our favorite halloween costumes of yore featuring skeletons, Asian Quail Man twins, & ninjas 9:26
• The most divisive questions…candy corn, favorite halloween candies, and the halloween bag vs pillowcase 16:58
• How would you remake halloween? 23:01
• Our words will be on the internet forever 29:44

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Zach  @justzachkaufman

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Neil  @neildisy

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Music-Max Van Soest @ max_fly5

We aren't sure if this episode is a trick or a treat from us to you..but tune in anyways and find out! We share the history of the Jack O'Lantern, Zach's real-life ghost stories, and our stories of connecting to old passed-on pets. 

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Episode Highlights

• The Story of the Jack O’Lantern, the dumby devil, & honoring your word 7:37
• Zach’s real ghost stories 13:57
• More Zach paranormal poltergeist stories 18:36
• Our old stories of connecting with old passed away pets - Peace the dog & Kimbu the cat 22:59

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Zach  @justzachkaufman

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Neil  @neildisy

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Music-Max Van Soest @ max_fly5

How much of somebody's behavior is due to being an @$$h*le vs underlying mental health issues? Does a diagnosis change how you see somebody? We get into this thought as we talk about trauma underlying addiction, its common psychological impacts, and finding gratitude after treatment.

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Episode Highlights

• Jackass movies, the nervous system, & addiction 1:07
• The trauma roots of addiction 3:56
• Common psychological comorbidities of PTSD 5:39
• Does a diagnosis change the way you see somebody? 7:24
• People are always doing the best with what they have 14:01
• Zach’s clinical diagnosis of a witch 20:16
• People finding gratitude after addiction treatment 21:45
• The Kybalion & using the Hermetic Principle of Polarity to shift to higher conscious emotional states 26:23
• Kit Kat or Twix? 33:35
• PBJ or PB & Nutella…and the Elvis 34:36

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Zach  @justzachkaufman

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Neil  @neildisy

• Follow Neil's poetry on medium @ https://medium.com/@neildisya

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[email protected]

Credits
Music-Max Van Soest @ max_fly5