Inner Truth with David Newell

Carolyn Cowan is a London-based psychosexual and relationship therapist specialising in couples, pre & post natal, addiction, trauma recovery.

She runs workshops in various subjects in the UK and abroad and is also a Kundalini Yoga teacher and Teacher Trainer. In 2019, she was named among the top 16 yoga teachers in London.

In her mid-late 20s Carolyn became addicted to alcohol and drugs.

During the summer of 1991, while in Dublin to do David Bowie's makeup for a video, Cowan said her life changed dramatically. "David Bowie took one look at me, hung-over, red-eyed and incoherent, and told me I was in trouble. Cowan said Bowie encouraged her to stay sober and attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. By 31 July 1991, she had given up smoking, drugs and alcohol and changed her line of work and focused on photography.

As of this podcast, she is 28 years sober.

Carolyn's professional life is now largely focused on her work as a psychosexual and relationship therapist. She works in all manners of addictive behaviours and sexual dysfunction.

In this episode we talk about shame and how to break its grip that causes us to suffer.

This week I hopped back behind the mic for the first time since September(!) to talk about why more and more people are getting into self-discovery + how to get deeper into it. Inner Truth has thousands of listeners now (thank you all!) with some truly remarkable stories of self realization. This week I answered questions that have come up a lot from the community about certain self-discovery experiences, how to decide what's right for you, and what it is at the very core that we're all looking for :)⁠ ⁠ In this week's pod:⁠ ⁠ • How to answer your own question: should I do a vision quest/vipassana/ayahuasca/toad medicine medicine?⁠ • What's 100% a bad idea (a lesson from my 5-MEO experience)⁠ • Is there one source code, a grand plan, behind everything?⁠ • Why what you're doing is in no way as important and why you're doing it (and how to really figure out why you're doing it)⁠ • What I've got planned for this year(!), what things i've cut out, and what I'm focussing on⁠ ⁠• + BONUS: A sneak peak at some of the new guests lined up for 2020!⁠

Paul Terrell is a British psychotherapist, teacher, and founder of Inversion Therapy a new form of Holistic Yoga Therapy.

Paul offers a three session psychotherapy reprogramming called The Process of Empowerment which goes deep into childhood patterns to heal and transform them through initiation into adulthood.

Describing the Process:

Most of the family and cultural conditioning we receive in childhood is healthy for us. Some is not, and strongly binds us to repeating loops of dysfunctional behaviour which negatively affect our experience of relationships, career, money, manifestation and love. They also cause disease, depression and neuroses.

Paul has discovered all the base line limiting programs found in three classes: contracts, weapons & traumas. He has developed a method to uncover these programs with a short enquiry, & then to override them with more powerful programs.

In this episode we talk about my own experience going through the process and how it can help anyone struggling with limiting beliefs or patterns from childhood.

This episode is one to start off your new year with!

This week's conversation is with my dear friend Cory Muscara – international speaker and mindfulness teacher – all about his new book Stop Missing Your Life.

In Stop Missing Your Life, Cory takes readers on a journey from "being present" to embodying "presence," helping peel back the layers that prevent us from being our full, honest, integrated selves in the world. Muscara explains that most of us are living on autopilot, often so guarded that we aren't experiencing the potential richness that life has to offer.

Stop Missing Your Life talks about:

• How we build internal walls, which Muscara refers to as a "Pain Box," that both protect us and inhibit us from living a deeply connected and meaningful life
• A four-part FACE model (Focus, Allow, Curiosity, Embodiment) that helps chip away at the walls and find presence
• Why it's a risk to be our true selves in the world, and why safety (which does not mean comfort) is one of the missing ingredients to finding presence
• How we can make technology a part of our mindfulness practice–meditating with our devices, and also creating parameters around when and how we use technology

His book and his teachings ultimately show how we can create new behaviors, stop self-sabotaging our growth, and let go of the things that hold us back.

You can follow Cory at @corymuscara.

How do you keep love alive? It's not what you think!

This week, we're diving deep into love, romance, danger, conflict, fact, fantasy and truth with Dr. Stan Tatkin, a clinician, researcher, teacher, and developer of a Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT). Tatkin's practice is based in Calabasas, California, where for the last 20 years he has specialized in working with couples, and also individuals who want to be in a relationship.

Tatkin is the author of numerous books, including Wired for LOVE: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship.

Darren Gold is a Managing Partner at The Trium Group, where he advises and coaches CEOs and leadership teams at many of the world's most innovative companies, including Roche, Dropbox, Lululemon, Sephora, Cisco, eBay, Activision, and Warner Bros.

He is the author of the new book Master Your Code: The Art, Wisdom, and Science of Leading an Extraordinary Life.

As human beings, we're born with roughly 20,000 genes that fill every cell in our body. This genetic code makes us who we are and guides our behavior. From the moment we take our very first breath, we're genetically hardwired to react, avoid risks, and stay safe. Or so we think.

What if this is a myth? What if we're not genetically determined? What if we can erase and replace our internal programming—and master our own code?

For more than 50 years, scientists operated under the largely untested assumption that our genes govern our behavior. But the emerging field of epigenetics has revealed a new truth: our genes don't have full control of our lives. We do.

Our behavior is driven by a subconscious program of our own making, one that's a result of our environment, explains renowned advisor and bestselling author Darren Gold. Throughout our lives, we accumulate thousands of beliefs, values, and rules that help us make sense of the world. They guide how we behave, but they also limit our results. Think of it as a computer program that runs your life, says Gold. The good news? We can rewrite and author our code.

In his new book, Master Your Code: The Art, Wisdom, and Science of Leading an Extraordinary Life, Gold presents a guide for rewriting your program and mastering your code in every aspect of your life, including your career, health, relationships, and financial success.

In this episode we dive into:

• How to evaluate whether your beliefs and rules serve you, or if they're dragging you down
• How to be the shaper of your life, not a victim of your circumstances
• How to use your body to control your brain's default response, enhance your mood, and improve decision-making
• Process traumatic events and deeply embedded survival strategies so you're no longer a prisoner of your past

And much more!

Enjoy!

Daniele Bolelli is a writer, martial artist, and university professor.

He is the author of several books on philosophy, and martial arts, including On the Warrior's Path. Known for his writing since the 1990s in Italy and the early 2000s in the United States, Bolelli rose to greater public prominence in the 2010s, beginning with his appearances on popular podcasts such as The Joe Rogan Experience. He went on to create his own podcasts, and has hosted The Drunken Taoist since 2012 and History on Fire since 2015.

Bolelli has trained in several styles of martial arts including kung fu san soo, taijiquan, baguazhang, xingyiquan, submission wrestling, Brazilian jiujitsu, boxing, and judo. He holds a fifth degree black belt in kung fu san soo-a style that he has taught for several years at UCLA's John Wooden Center. Bolelli also coached and fought professionally in mixed martial arts (MMA).

His fourth book - Not Afraid: On Fear, Heartbreak, Raising a Baby Girl, and Cage Fighting published in 2015 - is an autobiographical tale on the theme of facing fear which discusses Bolelli's experiences in martial arts, the death of his wife, and his raising his daughter as a single parent.

He was featured in "I Am Bruce Lee" which broke Spike TV's rating record for documentaries. He has appeared as a guest on popular podcasts such as Duncan Trussell's, Adam Carolla's and Joe Rogan's.

Jemma Foster is a forager, chef, mixologist, practitioner of plant and vibrational medicine, and founder of MAMA XANADU, a multi-disciplinary botanical studio based in London.

At the centre of her work is a core desire to restore our vital connection to nature which holds the key not only to maintaining sanity and balance in an increasingly chaotic world but to our survival on the planet.

She distills her knowledge into playful and magical experiences through a Wild Alchemy Bar, creative workshops, supper clubs and consultancy.

Susan Piver is the New York Times bestselling author of nine books, including the award-winning "How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life", "The Wisdom of a Broken Heart", and "Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation". Her new book is "The Four Noble Truths of Love: Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships" (June 2018).

Piver has been a practicing Buddhist since 1995 and graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004. She is an internationally acclaimed meditation teacher, known for her ability to translate ancient practices into modern life. Her work has been featured on the Oprah show, TODAY, CNN, and in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, MONEY, and others. In 2011, she launched the Open Heart Project, the largest virtual mindfulness community in the world.

Amanda Yates Garcia is a writer, artist, professional witch, and the Oracle of Los Angeles. Her work has been featured in the LA Times, Time Out, LA Weekly, GOOP, Glamour, The London Times, CNN, Salon, as well as a viral appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight.

She has led classes and workshops on magic and witchcraft at UCLA, UC Irvine, MOCA Los Angeles, The Hammer Museum, LACMA, The Getty and many other venues. Co-host of the popular Strange Magic podcast, her first book, "Initiated: Memoir of a Witch", comes out October 22, 2019 via Grand Central/Hachette.