Coliving is a fast-growing trend, and still new and evolving.

In this episode, You will discover what is coliving, how and why it is growing worldwide. Did you ever wonder about the dynamic of individual growth and collective support and evolution? Or how to empower people to give... and receive? Why coliving is an answer to many human needs and how to enhance this experience? Then this is for you!

You might want to listen to the first episode, where Guillaume and I talked a lot about resilience and human connection, and how he got to create Evolve coliving.

It's all about empowering people ... How can we enhance each other's life?

On living together, finding community, setting intentions, empowering individuals, intentional coliving...

* What is coliving? Guillaume makes distinction between house-sharing, community, coliving... And defines intentional coliving. [1:21]* The intention behind Evolve coliving, the space Guillaume created in Bali, and how it shapes the way people live together there. [4:41]* How the group supports the individual and the individual pushes the group. Coliving is still new, and the space itself keeps evolving as Guillaume and his guests are experimenting new ways to live and evolve together. [11:36]* As the community is growing, how Guillaume is creating and supporting engagement: We are not gonna oblige people to come, we just give people a variety of options that they can attend and where they can connect to the people who are coming to this place. Events are a great way for people to explore themselves. The core value: To help each others on our personal values and our own intentions. [14:10]* Creating space for Do-o-cracy: It's all about empowering people ... How can we enhance each other's life? [20:01]* Guillaume's ingredients for a great coliving space (see recap below) [21:17]* What are people looking for in coliving? Community is the number one reason. Coliving also enhances your life, allowing for example to live in places you couldn't afford on your own, like amazing villas. But finding a community that gets you and supports you... that beats everything else. As human beings, we have basic needs, and coliving can be primarily aimed at one or another, depending on the main intention. [24:08]* Guillaume's vision for the evolution of Evolve coliving and coliving in general. How he is finding the balance between the number of people staying, and the length of their stay: and his solution for giving the possibility to "test" the experience out while maintaining the integrity of the community. [28:38]* Why do we need community so much right now? How and why coliving is becoming more and more global. And we could support this growth. [34:27]

Who is Guillaume Perdrix

Guillaume is on a mission to democratize co-living and turn it into a global movement. After running four co-living spaces, he decided to take it further and spread the awareness around co-living and empowering others to create their own spaces. He currently also hosts Evolve Co-Living, a communal co-living space dedicated to personal growth and transformation.

Where can you find Guillaume Perdrix & Evolve coliving

* http://www.evolvecoliving.com* http://www.facebook.com/meetgui* https://www.instagram.com/evolvecoliving

Guillaume's ingredients for creating a great coliving space

It all starts and ends with the intention behind the space:

It's all about empowering people ... How can we enhance each other's life?

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On living together, finding community, setting intentions, empowering individuals, intentional coliving...

What is coliving? Guillaume makes distinction between house-sharing, community, coliving... And defines intentional coliving. [1:21]The intention behind Evolve coliving, the space Guillaume created in Bali, and how it shapes the way people live together there. [4:41]How the group supports the individual and the individual pushes the group. Coliving is still new, and the space itself keeps evolving as Guillaume and his guests are experimenting new ways to live and evolve together. [11:36]As the community is growing, how Guillaume is creating and supporting engagement: We are not gonna oblige people to come, we just give people a variety of options that they can attend and where they can connect to the people who are coming to this place. Events are a great way for people to explore themselves. The core value: To help each others on our personal values and our own intentions. [14:10]Creating space for Do-o-cracy: It's all about empowering people ... How can we enhance each other's life? [20:01]Guillaume's ingredients for a great coliving space (see recap below) [21:17]What are people looking for in coliving? Community is the number one reason. Coliving also enhances your life, allowing for example to live in places you couldn't afford on your own, like amazing villas. But finding a community that gets you and supports you... that beats everything else. As human beings, we have basic needs, and coliving can be primarily aimed at one or another, depending on the main intention. [24:08]Guillaume's vision for the evolution of Evolve coliving and coliving in general. How he is finding the balance between the number of people staying, and the length of their stay: and his solution for giving the possibility to "test" the experience out while maintaining the integrity of the community. [28:38]Why do we need community so much right now? How and why coliving is becoming more and more global. And we could support this growth. [34:27]

Who is Guillaume Perdrix

Where can you find Guillaume Perdrix & Evolve coliving

http://www.evolvecoliving.comhttp://www.facebook.com/meetguihttps://www.instagram.com/evolvecoliving

This is the first of two episodes with Guillaume. We ended up talking a lot about resilience. Guillaume also shared how he went on a quest of "hacking happiness" and living on purpose; to discover that what was at the root of everything else was a need for human connection... Which led him to creating Evolve Coliving: My main intention is to be around the people that I love. Love, people, connection, is the one thing that always holds me back to life, or keeps me moving forward."

Stay tuned for the next episode, going deep on what is coliving, why is it getting so popular, and how it is changing the way we live together. (It is here :-) )

For now, let's listen to Guillaume's story

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On resilience, being comfortable enough, hacking happiness, human connection, coliving...

* The starting point for Guillaume's passion for coliving: discovering community while traveling as a teenage. "I was missing the human connection." [01:44]* Resilience: a big yes! The difference between resilience and resistance.[07:26]* Guillaume's breakdown & wake up call in Paris:"The cool thing about this breakdown is: I see it as one of the lowest point in my life, but also the catalyst for everything that followed after it. If I wouldn't have gone through it, I would have remained comfortable enough. Before that I was miserable, but change would be harder than misery. At that moment I realized I needed to take responsibility for what had happened. I couldn't continue living, expecting that eventually I'll be happy. So it kicked off a big journey. And the journey that began then... Till today." This breakdown was the tipping-point for everything else, and especially wanting to tackle life. [08:36]* Guillaume's quest of "hacking happiness": Stating what you want, and don't want, in your life. [15:55]* My definition of resilience: Your power to stay connected to life... Even when shit happens. The feeling of being alive. [19:45]* How this quest for feeling alive & designing his life led Guillaume to experiment with different projects, like Life engineering, Life is a blast!... All leading up to Evolve coliving. [21:42]* The intention Guillaume set when going out in the world: community! I want freedom is bullshit. Freedom is a vacuum, just something you can fill with something meaningful. So what do you want to fill your freedom with? My main intention is to be around the people that I love. Love, people, connection, is the one thing that always holds me back to life, or keeps me moving forward. [27:02]* How randomness helps us evolve: doing new things, get out of your routine, makes you grow new capabilities. And gives you back a sens of who you are, because at that moment, you have to define it. You can't hide anymore. [30:54]* Negative versus positive emotions are a myth: Any emotion, depending on the situation, can serve you or limit you. [33:07]* "Grow" resilience: We all have resilience already, sometimes we need to grow it more. It is about going through the ups and downs, staying OK while adapting to these changes. [34:57]

Who is Guillaume Perdrix

Guillaume is on a mission to democratize co-living and turn it into a global movement. After running four co-living spaces, he decided to take it further and spread the awareness around co-living and empowering others to create their own spaces. He currently also hosts Evolve Co-Living, a communal co-living space dedicated to personal growth and transformation.

Where can you find Guillaume Perdrix

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On resilience, being comfortable enough, hacking happiness, human connection, coliving...

The starting point for Guillaume's passion for coliving: discovering community while traveling as a teenage. "I was missing the human connection." [01:44]Resilience: a big yes! The difference between resilience and resistance.[07:26]Guillaume's breakdown & wake up call in Paris:"The cool thing about this breakdown is: I see it as one of the lowest point in my life, but also the catalyst for everything that followed after it. If I wouldn't have gone through it, I would have remained comfortable enough. Before that I was miserable, but change would be harder than misery. At that moment I realized I needed to take responsibility for what had happened. I couldn't continue living, expecting that eventually I'll be happy. So it kicked off a big journey. And the journey that began then... Till today." This breakdown was the tipping-point for everything else, and especially wanting to tackle life. [08:36]Guillaume's quest of "hacking happiness": Stating what you want, and don't want, in your life. [15:55]My definition of resilience: Your power to stay connected to life... Even when shit happens. The feeling of being alive. [19:45]How this quest for feeling alive & designing his life led Guillaume to experiment with different projects, like Life engineering, Life is a blast!... All leading up to Evolve coliving. [21:42]The intention Guillaume set when going out in the world: community! I want freedom is bullshit. Freedom is a vacuum, just something you can fill with something meaningful. So what do you want to fill your freedom with? My main intention is to be around the people that I love. Love, people, connection, is the one thing that always holds me back to life, or keeps me moving forward. [27:02]How randomness helps us evolve: doing new things, get out of your routine, makes you grow new capabilities. And gives you back a sens of who you are, because at that moment, you have to define it. You can't hide anymore. [30:54]Negative versus positive emotions are a myth: Any emotion, depending on the situation, can serve you or limit you. [33:07]"Grow" resilience: We all have resilience already, sometimes we need to grow it more. It is about going through the ups and downs, staying OK while adapting to these changes. [34:57]

Who is Guillaume Perdrix

Where can you find Guillaume Perdrix

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On creative writing, owning our stories, finding endings, making room for new experiences, and play...

We are creating meanings and patterns. We are creative through how we express and live the world. On the page, you can see things you didn't notice before. And sometimes it is like closing a loop of a difficult story. [01:54]The difference between journaling and creative writing: While journaling is so personal, creative writing is in essence about "How do I make this understandable to others?". How can I access my creativity to share this? It is almost like coaching yourself: You externalize yourself and your story, to then teach yourself about your story or what is going on for you. Creative writing allows to use different tools to discover what is hiding in your story. [03:54]Writing is like putting on a different pairs of glasses. It's fascinating how easy it is for us to have compassion for something outside of ourselves. [08:30]Writing a story, we find an end to it. It is a powerful process to take ownership of our personal story, and find an end that we like... And make space for new experiences. Writing, taking a bit of distance, helps us acknowledge what is happening, AND envisioning different possible endings. [14:08]Writing keeps us curious: Writing about a story over and over again, keeps us in the stage of: "What am I learning, and what is this telling me about myself now?" [19:45]We love to ask ourselves "Why", but sometimes it is not the best question. How can we ask other questions, and be playful to enhance our creativity and create mote possibilities in our life? [22:19]We can collect stories: Seeing our life as a chapter of our book.  When we start looking at our scenarios, at our life as stories as we are living them, it becomes more fun. This is a story I am collecting, and I can chose the end. There is power in taking the creative writing from paper, into real life. [25:01]What if I don't have stories to tell? If you don't think it is a story, call it something else! Let's remove the word "story". Did you ever answered to the question: "How do you feel right now?" Or "What would you do if you were me in that situation?"... Then you told a story. Keep asking yourself the question "What?". [30:29]We connect through our stories. The irony is that we find it so difficult to share what is important for us, and be vulnerable; yet it is healing not only for the person who actually shares, but also for those who listen and can recognize themselves in it and / or connecting through it. We all need to feel we are not alone. Once you get the story out, you can start reshaping it. [35:56]Alyse view on dedramatizing the act of creating: we are all writers.

In the first episode, we discovered Alyse's stories of coming close to death, the fascinating play between the multiple stories that resulted from this experience, and how she used writing as a tool for resilience.

In this episode, we go deep on how she now uses creative writing to helps entrepreneurs discover and write the books that live inside of them. You will learn the difference between journaling and creative writing, and the power of the later... And why you should give it a try.

You will find a few tips and tricks to get you started, and discover that you are indeed a writer; even if you think you are not!

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On creative writing, owning our stories, finding endings, making room for new experiences, and play...

Whether you believe you are creative or an artist, or not, your mind is unique and beautiful and extremely creative.

* We are creating meanings and patterns. We are creative through how we express and live the world. On the page, you can see things you didn't notice before. And sometimes it is like closing a loop of a difficult story. [01:54]* The difference between journaling and creative writing: While journaling is so personal, creative writing is in essence about "How do I make this understandable to others?". How can I access my creativity to share this? It is almost like coaching yourself: You externalize yourself and your story, to then teach yourself about your story or what is going on for you. Creative writing allows to use different tools to discover what is hiding in your story. [03:54]* Writing is like putting on a different pairs of glasses. It's fascinating how easy it is for us to have compassion for something outside of ourselves. [08:30]* Writing a story, we find an end to it. It is a powerful process to take ownership of our personal story, and find an end that we like... And make space for new experiences. Writing, taking a bit of distance, helps us acknowledge what is happening, AND envisioning different possible endings. [14:08]* Writing keeps us curious: Writing about a story over and over again, keeps us in the stage of: "What am I learning, and what is this telling me about myself now?" [19:45]* We love to ask ourselves "Why", but sometimes it is not the best question. How can we ask other questions, and be playful to enhance our creativity and create mote possibilities in our life? [22:19]* We can collect stories: Seeing our life as a chapter of our book.  When we start looking at our scenarios, at our life as stories as we are living them, it becomes more fun. This is a story I am collecting, and I can chose the end. There is power in taking the creative writing from paper, into real life. [25:01]* What if I don't have stories to tell? If you don't think it is a story, call it something else! Let's remove the word "story". Did you ever answered to the question: "How do you feel right now?" Or "What would you do if you were me in that situation?"... Then you told a story. Keep asking yourself the question "What?". [30:29]* We connect through our stories. The irony is that we find it so difficult to share what is important for us, and be vulnerable; yet it is healing not only for the person who actually shares, but also for those who listen and can recognize themselves in it and / or connecting through it. We all need to feel we are not alone. Once you get the story out, you can start reshaping it. [35:56]* Alyse view on dedramatizing the act of creating: we are all writers.

Estela has been living a location independent lifestyle for over fifteen years, and defining what freedom means for herself on the way. She shares how  her determination to stay curious like a child, to keep on asking questions, without worrying too much about the answers, keeps her on her tracks of defining the life she wants, and creating it.

As more and more people are joining this way of living, there is still a lot to create, and it is up to each person to invent their own personal version. It can feel lonely sometimes, and events like Freedom X Fest are a great opportunity for inspiration and support. After being part of last summer's edition, I can definitely say that the intention was met, and this festival with its special twist is a great place to meet and/or stay in touch with this global family.

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On Freedom, being curious, creating your life, opening new possibilities for  living, working, and traveling...

* Estela shares the intention behind the creation of Freedom X fest: talks and workshop, outdoors, in nature. Many of us are really eager to learn, network, be in the business environment, but equally we are as motivated to experience ourselves as human beings, come together, dance together, do mediation, yoga, and have a much more flexible environment. The importance of the environment, and how nature supports community. [1:16]* One of the biggest challenge of the location independent life: isolation. As the community is growing globally, events like Freedom X Fest are steps in creating a global network, family, where people are defining themselves not on location anymore, but on their value system. [4:45]* Being location independent is still a new trend. There is an amazing opportunity that comes with this new style of working, living and traveling around the planet, but it is also a great responsibility about what we do with it and how we use it. That's why events like Freedom X fest are so important, because that's how we can define these new terms and possibilities. [7:19]* How Estela came to live this lifestyle: "What else is possible?" How "just" knowing what I want from life and asking how I can get there makes all the difference. In this lifestyle, because it is new, we have to find new ways to do things, which is pretty exiting. One of the most important things is curiosity, and asking questions without the need to actually know the answer... That leads us on new path. Having a childlike curiosity: Children don't have a way how the world should be, they just explore, ask, try... If we can tap more into the sense of ourselves, we can unlearn some of the stuff that we don't need and be ourselves. [12:12]* So, what is freedom? Freedom is having the choice to be, to do: Asking "Is this really what I want?". Defining it, and then being open to ask again, and seeing this definition change, over time. Once we stop to live a life that we are supposed to live, like what society exposes on us, we can start to define ourselves from within and construct this reality outside of us. Freedom is also having the flexibility to chose a direction and go towards it, but being free to take detours, or even to see this direction changing... Knowing where you go, but having the flexibility to adapt yourself to live. [15:05]* Once you have freedom, a lifestyle where you can do whatever you want, what is it that you do? It's never about achieving anything, but about the journey, and the goal is constantly evolving. There is no framework (yet) to create this lifestyle, so we have to create these new ways of living. And each of us is creating the life s/he wants in his/he...

Estela has been living a location independent lifestyle for over fifteen years, and defining what freedom means for herself on the way. She shares how  her determination to stay curious like a child, to keep on asking questions, without worrying too much about the answers, keeps her on her tracks of defining the life she wants, and creating it.

As more and more people are joining this way of living, there is still a lot to create, and it is up to each person to invent their own personal version. It can feel lonely sometimes, and events like Freedom X Fest are a great opportunity for inspiration and support. After being part of last summer's edition, I can definitely say that the intention was met, and this festival with its special twist is a great place to meet and/or stay in touch with this global family.

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On Freedom, being curious, creating your life, opening new possibilities for  living, working, and traveling...

Estela shares the intention behind the creation of Freedom X fest: talks and workshop, outdoors, in nature. Many of us are really eager to learn, network, be in the business environment, but equally we are as motivated to experience ourselves as human beings, come together, dance together, do mediation, yoga, and have a much more flexible environment. The importance of the environment, and how nature supports community. [1:16]One of the biggest challenge of the location independent life: isolation. As the community is growing globally, events like Freedom X Fest are steps in creating a global network, family, where people are defining themselves not on location anymore, but on their value system. [4:45]Being location independent is still a new trend. There is an amazing opportunity that comes with this new style of working, living and traveling around the planet, but it is also a great responsibility about what we do with it and how we use it. That's why events like Freedom X fest are so important, because that's how we can define these new terms and possibilities. [7:19]How Estela came to live this lifestyle: "What else is possible?" How "just" knowing what I want from life and asking how I can get there makes all the difference. In this lifestyle, because it is new, we have to find new ways to do things, which is pretty exiting. One of the most important things is curiosity, and asking questions without the need to actually know the answer... That leads us on new path. Having a childlike curiosity: Children don't have a way how the world should be, they just explore, ask, try... If we can tap more into the sense of ourselves, we can unlearn some of the stuff that we don't need and be ourselves. [12:12]So, what is freedom? Freedom is having the choice to be, to do: Asking "Is this really what I want?". Defining it, and then being open to ask again, and seeing this definition change, over time. Once we stop to live a life that we are supposed to live, like what society exposes on us, we can start to define ourselves from within and construct this reality outside of us. Freedom is also having the flexibility to chose a direction and go towards it, but being free to take detours, or even to see this direction changing... Knowing where you go, but having the flexibility to adapt yourself to live. [15:05]Once you have freedom, a lifestyle where you can do whatever you want, what is it that you do? It's never about achieving anything, but about the journey, and the goal is constantly evolving. There is no framework (yet) to create this lifestyle, so we have to create these new ways of living. And each of us is creating the life s/he wants in his/her very own way.

Wow we laughed so much during this episode! Yes, listening to Amrit sharing how he struggled from depression for a few years, before discovering mindfulness and meditation and becoming a life & mindfulness coach... We laughed hard! Truth is, talking about depression, you can't help but talking about life, and it is so inspiring!

I love this saying that Life is too tragic to be taken seriously… And Amrit is an embodiment of that. His energy is so contagious. A bit like penguins: At a first glance they seem so cute and silly you can't help liking them; And then you realize what it really takes to live their life in the ice, and you feel serious respect for what they do, as well.

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On compassion, inspiration, living on purpose, health, coming back from depression, meditation and mindfulness for everyone… And a lot of YEW!

* Amrit's discovery of mindfulness and transformation from depression to life coach. Going from his first impression of: "Really??? I've been into depression for years, and what you're giving me is a five step breathing exercise?! I'm glad I've got the pills!"... To "Wow, this going euphorically up and then crashing down with these pills is not gonna work for me. Glad I have the mindfulness thing!" [1:49]* Just connecting to my breath and counting my breath, connected me to the being present in the here and now.* We can have depression without realizing for a long time, being hard on ourselves, thinking we're broken and that there is a problem with us. Sometimes the label helps, like for Amrit who finally felt like he wasn't alone and there was a solution. [7:45]* All the images that advertising shows us, doesn't help bringing our self-worth up... Being surrounded by these kind of messages, how can we not end up with anxiety or depression?! We are sold a box to fit in, and many people actually follow this track without questioning if that's what they want to do. "The biggest piece to the puzzle of your health is your purpose."* "Fit" and healthy are two different things: "You can't spend nine hours at a work you hate and then one hour at the gym and be healthy." Your happiness and your health are deeply connected to what it is you're doing and the way you are walking in the world.[11:20]* We need to celebrate the differences. "You're meant to be whatever it is that is naturally you, but meanwhile you're trying to be the guy that's got the Ferrari and the mansion. That's when dis-ease sets in, because it is not easy for you to be that guy." "I really want people to get back to their purpose, to what they are here to do, so they can experience vitality like never before." [14:22]* It's exhausting to try to be someone else. "I encourage people to get as crazy as possible: Embrace your craziness." [16:50]* Listen to Amrit's legendary signature YEW! ;-) [17:31]* We are so afraid to show who we are, yet when we do it, it is so liberating not only for ourselves, but for everyone around us. As we liberate ourselves from our fear, we liberating others from theirs. "Whatever you are doing, you are not doing it just for you." Why inviting more compassion into our life is so healing. [18:10]* When you experience depression, it's all about you. The moment you reverse that and for example help someone, it is so empowering. "The minute you start living a life of serving others, everything else for yourself falls into place." How Amrit began his coach practice with being the go-to person for his friends. The play of giving & receiving: the more you give the more you get back… How easy is it to receive then? [21:06]* Marianne Williamson's quote (see below): Why are we so afraid to be who we ar...

Wow we laughed so much during this episode! Yes, listening to Amrit sharing how he struggled from depression for a few years, before discovering mindfulness and meditation and becoming a life & mindfulness coach... We laughed hard! Truth is, talking about depression, you can't help but talking about life, and it is so inspiring!

I love this saying that Life is too tragic to be taken seriously… And Amrit is an embodiment of that. His energy is so contagious. A bit like penguins: At a first glance they seem so cute and silly you can't help liking them; And then you realize what it really takes to live their life in the ice, and you feel serious respect for what they do, as well.

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On compassion, inspiration, living on purpose, health, coming back from depression, meditation and mindfulness for everyone… And a lot of YEW!

Amrit's discovery of mindfulness and transformation from depression to life coach. Going from his first impression of: "Really??? I've been into depression for years, and what you're giving me is a five step breathing exercise?! I'm glad I've got the pills!"... To "Wow, this going euphorically up and then crashing down with these pills is not gonna work for me. Glad I have the mindfulness thing!" [1:49]Just connecting to my breath and counting my breath, connected me to the being present in the here and now.We can have depression without realizing for a long time, being hard on ourselves, thinking we're broken and that there is a problem with us. Sometimes the label helps, like for Amrit who finally felt like he wasn't alone and there was a solution. [7:45]All the images that advertising shows us, doesn't help bringing our self-worth up... Being surrounded by these kind of messages, how can we not end up with anxiety or depression?! We are sold a box to fit in, and many people actually follow this track without questioning if that's what they want to do. "The biggest piece to the puzzle of your health is your purpose.""Fit" and healthy are two different things: "You can't spend nine hours at a work you hate and then one hour at the gym and be healthy." Your happiness and your health are deeply connected to what it is you're doing and the way you are walking in the world.[11:20]We need to celebrate the differences. "You're meant to be whatever it is that is naturally you, but meanwhile you're trying to be the guy that's got the Ferrari and the mansion. That's when dis-ease sets in, because it is not easy for you to be that guy." "I really want people to get back to their purpose, to what they are here to do, so they can experience vitality like never before." [14:22]It's exhausting to try to be someone else. "I encourage people to get as crazy as possible: Embrace your craziness." [16:50]Listen to Amrit's legendary signature YEW! ;-) [17:31]We are so afraid to show who we are, yet when we do it, it is so liberating not only for ourselves, but for everyone around us. As we liberate ourselves from our fear, we liberating others from theirs. "Whatever you are doing, you are not doing it just for you." Why inviting more compassion into our life is so healing. [18:10]When you experience depression, it's all about you. The moment you reverse that and for example help someone, it is so empowering. "The minute you start living a life of serving others, everything else for yourself falls into place." How Amrit began his coach practice with being the go-to person for his friends. The play of giving & receiving: the more you give the more you get back… How easy is it to receive then? [21:06]Marianne Williamson's quote (see below): Why are we so afraid to be who we are?