Reduce Your Stress with Tim Ringgold

In this, my final episode, I tell the story of how this whole project came about, as well as the second blessing the emerged... all from lockdown back in March of 2020. 

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Hey before we get into the music, I want to tell you about a new platform. It’s an app called Wisdom, and it’s not unlike Clubhouse in its design. I’m going to be doing a live session of my relaxation vacation this Thursday at 4:30 PST so if you want a nice relaxing way to end your day, come find me. It’s only on iphone currently, so sorry to my android listeners. 

Alright, let’s kick off this week with three of my favorite uptempo songs from the past 6 months. They are all from around the same period and interestingly they all relate to my other passion which as you know is playing pickleball! First up, we have New Heights from episode 51, then Another Level from episode 49, followed by After the Storm from episode 57.

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You know what time it is? It’s time for another music block of three of my favorite down tempo songs from the past 6 months. We’re starting with Tenderness from episode 78, moving into “Partners” from episode 65 and finishing up with Mountainside from episode 66. There’s definitely an homage to my amazing wife Angelique in these three tracks, because I wrote Partners and Tenderness for her, and learned Mountainside while we were holed up in a cabin for a romantic long weekend in Big Bear over the summer. So, sit back, relax, and  as you’re listening, maybe think about a special someone that you hold close to your heart, and I’ll see YOU on the other side.

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On the first day of my Reduce Your Stress Summit in August, something amazing happened. Without planning this on my part or theirs, every single presenter touched on one specific concept to help YOU begin to reduce your stress FAST… BREATH. Here’s the final interview of that day with my friend Neil Cannon. No matter what kind of day you are having, you can always pause, and take control of your breath, which instantly influences your nervous system, thinking, and feeling. To learn more about Neil, go to www.vitalitysecret.com

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In this episode, I had the joy of interviewing a true ambassador of the power of music: Frank Fitzpatrick. Frank is a best selling-author, Grammy-nominated multi-platinum music producer, international keynote speaker, social entrepreneur, and wellness expert redefining human potential through the convergence of health & wellness, music, creativity and technology. He is a leading voice in the emerging Hearables market, contributing writer for Forbes, and faculty at Singularity University’s Exponential Medicine. He has created successful programs reaching over 200 million people and generating over $1B in revenues. Frank’s mission is to amplify human potential at scale through the power of music, health, creativity and technology. More about his best-selling book, Amplified, can be found at www.AmplifiedBook.com. We talk about his journey and how music forged a purpose in him in childhood that still drives him to this day.

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Today’s track is an adaptation of a hymn that I wrote way back during my 20s. It’s original title was "His Love is Everlasting," but I changed the title to "Everlasting Love" to better match my current relationship to my spirituality, which doesn’t include a male paternal figure, but more like an ever present, all encompassing energy of love that is conscious which the entire physical universe is an expression of at a level we can’t comprehend in the way a single muscle cell in my leg may not be comprehending I’m saying this right now. It now feels clear to me that no matter what, for eternity, there is one unifying energy that I will never be turned away from, and that is love. At the source of it all, waiting for me in all moments to sink into it, is love.

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This episode is an excerpt from my Reduce Your Stress Summit I hosted in August. I’ve been practicing cold showers and breathwork for a couple of years now which are two of the pillars of the teachings of a gentleman named Wim Hof. He’s quite a character, but his techniques are validated and results are amazing. I interviewed one of his chief trainers, Dr. Josephine Worseck about the benefits of cold exposure for stress reduction. You’re going to be fascinated, because the science is NOT intuitive.

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Thinking about all the different costumes that kids would be wearing for this tradition got me thinking about the roles they play in society. The Hero archetype is definitely one of the more prominent roles and I thought about how important this concept is. What is it like for a kid to have a hero in their life? What is it like for a kid to BE a hero in someone else’s life? Many adults cast aside Halloween costumes at some point (not me, I’m still a total kid at heart), but let me ask you… do you still have heroes in your life… someone that inspires you to be the best version of yourself you can be? Are you a hero to someone in your life? Get this… you may be a hero to someone and you don’t even know it. Just by being the best version of you that you can be can inspire those around you to do the same. So this week’s new track was written with that in mind… I wanted to create a track that is uplifting, inspiring, and hopeful, which are three things that a hero provides me.

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In this episode I have the pleasure of interviewing David Sonnenschein about the intersection of sound, music, games, and learning. David is a Sound designer, filmmaker, game developer, musician, sound healer, audio consultant, and author of international textbook, “Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema.” He’s currently CEO of edtech company iQsonics based in Santa Monica CA, creating services and products that utilize music and audio for brain health. Their flagship program is called SING AND SPEAK 4 KIDS. It’s a music-based game for supporting language development in Early Childhood Education for the autism population and English Language Learners, funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research). David has a BA in Neuroscience/Music from UCSD,  and an MFA inCinema/TV from USC. We trace his journey from music student to music healer and learn some powerful things about why music and sound are so powerful for our mood management.

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I told you in episode 76 about my ketamine treatment for depression that I’m currently undergoing. I’ve completed 3 of 6 sessions so far, and one thing that seems to happen is that a theme or a message comes out of each session. This past session, the theme was affection. For those that don’t know, my wife and I were married in 2003, and we’re in that time frame of life with school age kids where it seems like we just run from day to day to keep up with them, the house, our two businesses… and I’ve come down with a case of affection atrophy. That’s when you’re so busy ‘doing all the things’ you forget to keep some of that original spark or flame alive in your marriage. I was scheduled to go into the studio to record immediately after the ketamine session, so the topic of affection was top of mind. For me, the term tenderness is related to affection, and so I sat down with my classical guitar and thought, “what would tenderness or affection SOUND like as a lullaby?” so, here’s what came out of my fingers.

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