In 2011, I voluntarily lived homeless in Chicago for four months to better understand the subject and who it affects. What goes through a person's mind experiencing homelessness and what can be done? Homelessness has become more visible and discussed in cultural conversations in recent years. In this episode, I open up and share some of my experience and things I learned and applied since. How it's impact my approach to life and views of U.S. politics. Cousin Frank joins me in the farmhouse studio to guide our conversations with questions.

If you want to get a more in-depth look of the experience, I encourage you to read the memoir, Homeless but Human

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Gigi Flores returns to the show to share her experience attending the Olympics in Paris on a family trip. She witnessed both gymnastics and beach volleyball, under the Eiffel Tower. What was the energy like in the city and events? Where else in Europe did she travel and enjoy. Later on, we talk about Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, and watching films analog-style.

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What's a word in our vocabulary we could discontinue or substitute a different word more aligned with our idealized vision of our self and life? This is a clip from Weekly Guided Reflection: Session 34

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By taking deliberate time for our self and answering simple questions about life, it'll increase our clarity and awareness. We'll be more precise in our actions moving forward.

Recorded in the farmhouse studio

Questions from this session:

1. What're we grateful for?

2. How're we feeling? Take inventory of our body and feelings.

3. Think back to recent dreams. What was a memorable one? Why do we think it came up?

4. When's the last time we looked up at the night sky? How did we feel? What did we think about?

5. What's a word in our vocabulary we could discontinue or substitute a different word more aligned with our idealized vision of our self and life?

6. What impression do we want to give the world through our body language?

7. What today seems unorthodox but, we believe, will be normal in the future?

8. What consumer electronics product is our favorite or we're most grateful for?

9. What friends have we spent the most recent time with?

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Rafael Gúzman returns to the show from Santiago, Chile and discusses facets of urban planning that can enrich one's living experience. How can we better design our cities to enhance economic activity and happy living? What public transportation experiences he's had and why suburban living is wasteful and doesn't maximize value. Rafael shares past experience living and studying in China, as well as his upcoming journey to be there again.

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Technology of the 21st century has enabled more mobility and capability to live in more places. Where would you choose to spend more time? What geographical places charm you and what interests do you have?

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By taking deliberate time for our self and answering simple questions about life, it'll increase our clarity and awareness. We'll be more precise in our actions moving forward.

Recorded at Lake Ardine

Questions from this session:

1. What're we grateful for?

2. What cologne or perfume do we wear if we do? Why or why not?

3. When was a time of illness or pain that we only wished for health?

4. What's something we can do to recenter our self after interacting with a computer screen so much?

5. What's a song we've been listening to on repeat recently? What does it say about our mood or us?

6. How do we organize our music?

7. What's our ideal morning look like?

8. Where we live, what's the most talked about topic?

9. What's something we appreciate about the culture of our region?

10. What would our modular life look like? What geographies or interests would we like to explore more and spend time?

11. What're we energized for next week?What're we grateful for?

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Sanchit Arvind returns to the show for his third appearance. We discuss recent life transitions—moving from the city to the farm and living in Puerto Rico for a few years. The importance of systems and processes for self development, books, technology, and Running for President. We discussed the books Sapiens and Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari in our last two episodes

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What song are you listening to on repeat? The deep connection between people and music. Learn more about people by their music preferences. This is one question from our Weekly Guided Reflection: Session 32

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By taking deliberate time for our self and answering simple questions about life, it'll increase our clarity and awareness. We'll be more precise in our actions moving forward.

Recorded in the farmhouse studio

Questions from this session:

1. What're we grateful for?

2. What's our ideal morning like?

3. What's something we're interested in? Now zoom out. What's something adjacent to that interest?

4. What's something we learned in the past two years and have applied in life?

5. What's a tangible thing we interact with? How does it differ from our experience with intangible things?

6. What's something we're proud of in the last two years?

7. What's a song we've been listening to on repeat recently? What does it say about our mood or us?

8. What're we curious about recently?

9. What're we energized for in the next three months?

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