Rich Conversations

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.

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Recorded in the farmhouse studio study

Questions from this session:

1. What're we grateful for?

2. What's a beverage we indulge in?

3. How do we want to live our life in an overstimulated world?

4. What's a children's picture book that's influenced our life?

5. What've we been reading lately? How has it added value in our life?

6. What's something of knowledge we're trying to learn right now? How can we learn it through something fun?

7. What's a concert experience that's impacted us?

8. What's an example of interacting with a radically different personality than we're used to?

9. What're we looking forward to most this holiday season?

10. How do we like to spend our birthday?

11. What're we energized for in the next week?

This is a clip from our weekly guided reflection: session 40 regarding historical figures. I'm as ambitious as Alexander the Great when it comes to digital file organization

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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.

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Recorded at the Art Institute of Chicago

Questions from this session:

1. What're we grateful for?

2. What's an obsession or something we enjoy but few know about?

3. What's something we developed?

4. What's a fundamental we want to get better at?

5. Who's a historical figure we admire? What characteristics or feats impress us?

6. What ways do you or can you use your photos to be effective in other areas of life?

7. The last trip we took, what are some small details that made the place distinct?

8. What's something we've done consistently? What results have we seen or experienced?

9. What're we curious about recently?

10. What're we energized for in the next week?

Taking a moment to express my appreciation and brief interaction with Eve Armstrong. A past podcast guest. She must've touched many lives! Eve was physics professor at New York Institute of Technology, a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History, and ran a theatre company to help individuals in the scientific community improve their communication and storytelling skills.

Our episode together: 288. Eve Armstrong on Astrophysics, Nonlinear Systems, and the Relationship of Art & Science

Eve's Obituary

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.

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Recorded at the farmhouse study

Questions from this session:

1. What're we grateful for?

2. Who's someone who passed away recently—close or acquaintance? What did we appreciate about them?

3. How can we go about meeting someone in alignment of our curiosity?

4. What's something in life we want "yes" but will have to go through the discomfort of numerous "no's?"

5. What's our favorite writing device or utensil?

6. What kind of films do we enjoy? What's our go-to type?

7. What's a world culture we'd like to explore more with our curiosity?

8. What are we energized for in the next week?

This is a clip from our weekly guided reflection: session 38. 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.

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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.

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Recorded at the farmhouse study

Questions from this session:

1. What're we grateful for?

2. What was the last thing we complained about?

3. What brings us the most joy?

4. What brought us joy in childhood?

5. What's the biggest thing going on in our life right now?

6. Is there something we're giving a lot of attention to that's out of our control?

7. What's fun to us? Is fun coming up? When was the last time we had fun?

8. What topic comes up most in conversations we have with people?

9. What music have we been listening to on repeat lately? What grander observations can we make from that?

10. What are we energized for in the next week?

What's a small observation in nature that amused us recently? This is a clip from 381. Weekly Guided Reflection: Session 37.

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.

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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 the farmhouse study

Questions from this session:

1. What're we grateful for?

2. What's a small thing in our space or in people we love that makes imperfection beautiful?

3. How are we?

4. How do we want to be?

5. What's a small thing we've procrastinated doing? How did it feel when we finally did it? If we haven't, how can we simply do it?

6. What's a small observation in nature that amused us?

7. When was a time we felt stuck in life? How did we eventually proceed forward?

8. What strengths of ours can we use in improving our life?

9. How do we consume long form storytelling? (movies & tv shows) Is this our ideal way?

10. What are we energized for in the next week?

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Joachim Ong returns to the show from Singapore. He's a mechanical engineer and astronomy enthusiast. He shares his experiences planning and traveling to see total solar eclipses in Australia and Mexico. What was that experience like? Was all the planning worthwhile for those brief moments? How do you travel with a telescope? Wonderful chat about the human experience and our relationship to the greater.

Joachim's Astronomy photos

Rich Hebron website for daily notes & observations