Sophie Chiche is a French-American speaker,

In this interview

Sophie speaks to

“You can eat everything you want, but before we do that, can we feel our feelings?” and I was startled basically and said, ‘Okay, all right, I’ll try.’ And then I backed off from the refrigerator.”   – Sophie Chiche

This week on The School for Good Living Podcast:

• The two different lives between weighing 350lb and weighing less than half that amount
• What a therapist said to change the course of Sophie’s life and shifted the relationship she had with herself
• To look at the process of change as physical, emotional, mental and to some degree spiritual and how they all have to mature to the same level
• Being raised in an environment that treated feelings as the plague, to be avoided at all costs
• How Disney’s Mulan character Mushu is a lot like feelings – we imagine them to be bigger or scarier than they actually are
• The education system is one way to learn and some kids it fits really well, while for others it really doesn’t
• Sophie became a coach because she was more interested in where people are now
• Whatever is in your past, whatever’s not resolved, it’s all here in the present
• The brain (and the heart) is a muscle that requires to feel as an exercise, and avoid atrophy
• The toxicity of not letting your feelings be expressed
• Putting on a suit of armor will in the end limit your ability to grow
• Question your beliefs. Are they really yours or could they easily be someone else’s? Do they serve you?
• Sophie’s Netflix recommendations – ‘Fleabag” & ‘Killing Eve’
• Some people develop their mental capabilities but neglect their emotional capability
• The parallels between addiction and being healthy
• Self-medicating to not feel the feelings we are meant to feel
• The industry of sugar and how it’s an addictive substance
• Going from not loving yourself to thinking you’re the most precious thing in the universe
• The first step to self-love starts with integrity
• How not making commitments under the gun can avoid living a life that’s not the life you want
• We are in charge of our lives right now – we are the directors, the actors, and the production management as it’s happening
• Judgement is the poison that you take hoping that it kills the other guy
• If you treat your friends the way you treat yourself, would you have friends?
• The question Sophie often asks herself is, “What’s the highest choice right now?”
• The best mirror is often a good friend
• The meeting and impact of Lewis Mehl Madrona
• Sophie’s first sweat lodge experience
• Confronting cultural appropriation
• The Shape House experience: Infrared bedding, Netflix, a relax room with tea and Vitamin C and burning a thousand calories
• How we abuse our bodies and what can be done to reset it and allow it to heal
• Your at-home Shape House sweat experience – hot bath, lemons, ginger
• The benefits of alkaline water
• The feminine spirit of money and Sophie’s practice with a chess pawn
• Writing Tips – Write like you speak
• Write shorter sentences. One idea per sentence and only one sentence per idea.
• Sophie’s biggest advice in life: find out what you’re really good at and then be okay to ask for help for that things that you’re not.
• Working on your inner critic
• When Sophie was ready for an agent
• The best money Sophie has spent was on a retreat and having a coach
• Have a date with your spiritual self

Resources Mentioned:

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• The Power of Personal Accountability: Achieve What Matters To You by Sophie Chiche & Mark Samuel
• The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• Method Writing with Jack Grapes

Connect with Sophie Chiche:

• Sophie Chiche Website
• Shapehouse.com
• Facebook 
• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• Email: [email protected]

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Michael Bungay Stanier is an author, keynote speaker, and an A-level thought leader in the field of coaching. He has written several books, including The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious, and Change the Way You Lead Forever, Get Unstuck… and get going on the stuff that matters, and The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever, which was deemed the best-selling coaching book of this century, selling over 700,000 copies. Michael, who was the first to be awarded Canadian Coach of the Year and was a Rhodes Scholar, is also the founder of learning and development company Box of Crayons. He believes in the power of curiosity to transform leadership.

Michael joins me today to discuss his views on commitment, change, and the role of curiosity in shifting people’s behaviors and mindsets. He highlights the difference between easy and hard change, how to make the desired shifts in your life, and the importance of uncovering individual challenges. Michael also shares his insights on coaching and highlights questions that can help shift conversations from advice to curiosity and create space for deeper insight.

“Once you have the real problem, the ideas show up. If you don’t have the real problem, it doesn’t matter how good your ideas are; they’re the wrong ideas to solve the wrong problem.” – Michael Bungay Stanier

This week on The School for Good Living Podcast:

• The role of advice and curiosity in leadership and which of the

Resources Mentioned:

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• The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier
• The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious, and Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier
• Get Unstuck… and get going on the stuff that matters by Michael Bungay Stanier
• David Allen
• Peter Block
• Martin Buber
• Tim Ferris
• Page Two
• Strategic Coach
• Forget going viral. Here’s how to create work that lasts forever by Ryan Holiday
• Kiva

Connect

• The Advice Trap (Take the Advice Monster Persona questionnaire, deep-dive video training, and gain access to The Year of Living Brilliantly training course!)
• Box of Crayons
• Michael Bungay Stanier on Instagram

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Doctor, healer, and author of the Coyote Medicine, part of the Coyote trilogy, Lewis Mehl-Madrona looks at healing through the lens of Lakota, Cherokee and Cree traditions as well as how these practices collide with traditional medicine . He earned his medical degree from Stanford University and has taught at a number of universities, including Maine Dartmouth, Union Institute and University, the University of Hawaii, the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Pittsburgh, along with his alma mater. He has authored over one-hundred academic papers and has held positions in hospitals as well as complimentary healthcare organizations. Lewis’s work focuses on the role of narrative and imagery in healing.

Lewis joins me today to discuss the power of indigenous wisdom and why he believes that people must be aware of the real history of indigenous people in this nation. He shares insights surrounding his creative process as an author, and why it is crucial to be disciplined in your writing instead of waiting for the inspiration to hit. Lewis also highlights several books and authors who have had a profound impact on him and his advice for writers seeking to improve their craft.

“Freedom comes from service. It’s not an ‘all for me and none for you’ freedom. It’s a collective freedom.” – Lewis Mehl-Madrona

This week on The School for Good Living Podcast:

• Why indigenous wisdom has the power to change the world
• How indigenous people embrace the bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of healing
• The concept of freedom in indigenous culture, and how it differs from western culture
• Why awareness matters in understanding the social/cultural dynamic in this country and what people can do to improve prejudice and heal historical wounds
• The importance of coming to terms with the truth of genocide and broken promises
• Where people can begin with becoming more historically aware and the impact Lewis believes this would have
• The importance of radical acceptance when it comes to healing relationships
• The role that money can play in supporting life experiences
• Lewis’s book writing process and why he feels sharing his ideas through writing is important
• The dynamic between Lewis and his wife when co-authoring books
• Who has been influential in Lewis’s development as a writer, and what he learned from them
• Why Lewis considers Milton Erickson to be one of his heroes
• How Lewis writes balances his writing with his other work
• What Lewis feels is a reasonable daily word count in the book-writing process and his advice for aspiring writers
• Why you shouldn’t wait for inspiration to begin working towards your creative goals and the worst input that writers typically receive

Resources Mentioned:

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• Coyote Medicine by Lewis Mehl-Madrona
• Coyote Healing  by Lewis Mehl-Madrona
• Coyote Wisdom by Lewis Mehl-Madrona
• Remapping Your Mind by Lewis Mehl-Madrona and Barbara Mainguy
• A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
• The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
• A Short History of Indians in Canada by Thomas King
• Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
• Coyote Blue by Christopher Moore
• The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
• My Voice Will Go With You by Milton Erickson
• The Creative Habit  by Twyla Tharp
• Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse
• Thomas King
• Keith Sawyer
• Kiva
  

Connect with Lewis Mehl-Madrona:

• Coyote Institute
• Lewis Mehl-Madrona
• Email: [email protected]

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Lewis Mehl-Madrona is a doctor, healer, and author of the Coyote Medicine, part of the Coyote trilogy, which looks at healing through the lens of Lakota, Cherokee and Cree traditions as well as how these practices collide with traditional medicine. He earned his medical degree from Stanford University, and has taught at several medical schools, including Maine Dartmouth, the University of Hawaii, and the University of Pittsburgh, along with his alma mater, and has authored over one-hundred academic papers. In addition to being certified in psychiatry, geriatrics, and family medicine, Lewis’s work focuses on the role of narrative and imagery in healing.

Lewis joins me today to discuss

“It’s really hard to get somewhere if you can’t imagine being there.” – Lewis Mehl-Madrona

This week on The School for Good Living Podcast:

• What neuroscience is now telling us about memory and whether we

Resources Mentioned:

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• Coyote Medicine by Lewis Mehl-Madrona
• Coyote Healing  by Lewis Mehl-Madrona
• Coyote Wisdom by Lewis Mehl-Madrona
• The University of Arizona Center for Consciousness Studies
• Roger Penrose
• Stuart Hameroff
• “The Biopsychosocial Model and the Construction of Medical Practice” by George Libman Engel
  
  

Connect with Lewis Mehl-Madrona:

• Coyote Institute
• Lewis Mehl-Madrona
• Email: [email protected]

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Nick Egan is a religion scholar, sought-after speaker, and an executive and business coach focusing on helping individuals and organizations maximize their potential and improve their leadership skills while improving their personal and professional development. He is the author of Shift: The Art of Transforming Limitations, a book that shares stories and insight on overcoming obstacles and challenges through intentional shifts in your mindset. He has helped countless organizational leaders and entrepreneurs to transform their mindset, dismantle mental limitations, and reclaim their freedom, flexibility, and success.

Nick joins me today to discuss why he believes our thoughts and emotions are similar and why he compares emotions to firecrackers. We discuss the importance of embracing our thoughts and emotions and the negative spiral that is created by suppressing them. We also discuss Nick’s perspective on using meditation to embrace your emotions, why some people find it difficult to see positive results from meditation, and why Nick believes life is like an ‘endless knot of discovery.’

“Emotion is essentially a thought that you can feel.” – Nick Egan

This week on The School for Good Living Podcast:

• Why Nick compares our emotions to firecrackers and the connection between our thoughts and our emotions
• The importance of embracing your emotions instead of suppressing them
• Using meditation to embrace your emotions
• How the practice of mindfulness has evolved over the years
• Why Nick believes life is like an endless knot of discovery
• Travel hacks he has learned throughout his traveling experiences
• Why he began drinking black tea
• One thing Nick wishes every American knew more about
• The importance of being gentle with yourself and those around you
• Why leverage and amortization are the two most important financial lesson he has learned
• The moment he decided to write his book: Shift: The Art of Transforming Limitations
• The creative process Nick used to publish his book and where he seeks inspiration for his written work
• Nick’s advice for aspiring authors to get your creative projects over the finish line
• Nick’s opinion of the qualities of a great sentence and how writers can create more of them

Resources Mentioned:

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• Shift: The Art of Transforming Limitations by Nick Egan
• The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
• The Heart Sutra by Red Pine

Connect

• Nick Egan Official Website
• Nick Egan’s Blog
• Nick Egan on LinkedIn
• Where Is Nirvana? Nick Egan at TEDxSonomaCounty

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Nick Egan is a sought-after speaker, coach, and author of Shift: The Art of Transforming Limitations, a book to help readers improve their organizational leadership skills as well as personal and professional development. Through Nick’s coaching, training, and seminars, he has helped countless organizational leaders to dismantle mental limitations and reclaim their freedom and flexibility to achieve success using his understanding of positive psychology and Buddhist philosophy. Nick holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a Master’s degree in Comparative Religion, and a Ph. D. in Buddhist Philosophy.

Nick joins me today to share how he discovered

“If we truly understand our own minds – our own hearts – then there really is no fear to be had.” – Nick Egan

This week on The School for Good Living Podcast:

• Why Nick believes life is about discovering

Resources Mentioned:

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• Shift: The Art of Transforming Limitations by Nick Egan
• The Obstacle Is The Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday

Connect

• Nick Egan Official Website
• Nick Egan’s Blog
• Nick Egan on LinkedIn

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Passionate about inspiring individuals on the cusp of transition and transformation, Lydia Slaby is a “change witch” and the author of Wait, It Gets Worse, a book chronicling Lydia’s journey after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at the age of thirty-three. Arianna Huffington endorsed Lydia’s book, dubbing it as “an everywoman’s guide to living a life that matters.” Lydia graduated from Northwestern University with her JD-MBA, and previously attended Brown University and Harvard. In addition to her storytelling, Lydia is a speaker, advocate, consultant, and non-profit board member. She served as the Massachusetts Deputy Chief of Staff for Administration and Finance under Governor Patrick and was formerly a corporate lawyer in Chicago.

Lydia joins me today to discuss insight into

“Don’t hide who you are in favor for who you think people want to see.” – Lydia Slaby

This week on The School for Good Living Podcast:

• The joy and the overwhelm that can arise when you have freedom, opportunity, and choice
• How Lydia was able to endure in the face of extreme pain and the importance of staying present
• How connecting with an indigenous healer after open-heart surgery impacted Lydia
• When Lydia first discovered she was a writer and how her childhood love of math led to her appreciation for writing
• The importance of intentional word choice as a writer
• How Lydia drew upon her blog in the process of writing Wait, It Gets Worse
• The moment Lydia decided that she was going to write her book and what the editorial process was like
• The emotional process of writing the book, given the emotional trauma of the story
• The importance of becoming a student and letting go of control in the publishing process
• How Lydia found her editor and the importance of having a team with a clear vision for the direction of your book
• The power of using your network to meet people who can help you achieve your desired goals
• The importance of knowing your creative window and scheduling your time accordingly
• The types of music Lydia listens to while writing
• Lydia’s advice for aspiring authors
• Why you should tell your own story honestly and authenticity, focusing on your own perspective
• A sneak peek into the subject matter of Lydia’s upcoming book

Resources Mentioned:

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• Wait, It Gets Worse by Lydia Slaby
• Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
• Kiva
• Wah! Pandora Radio Station
• Evernote
• Microsoft Word
• Google Docs
• Magic Lessons Podcast by Elizabeth Gilbert

Connect

• Lydia Slaby Website
• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• Email: [email protected]

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Lydia Slaby is a speaker, advocate,

Lydia joins me today to discuss her book Wait, It Gets Worse, and some of the

“I wanted other people to understand that they could leave their life before they were forced into it.”  – Lydia Slaby

This week on The School for Good Living Podcast:

• What Lydia feels life is all about, and what

Resources Mentioned:

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• Wait, It Gets Worse by Lydia Slaby

Connect

• Lydia Slaby Website
• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• Email: [email protected]

This episode is sponsored

Nexus IT Consultants offers world-class IT

To learn more about the services offered at Nexus IT and to schedule your free comprehensive consultation, visit NexusITC.net

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Hal Elrod is an internationally acclaimed

Hal joins me today to discuss the power of The

“If you win the morning, you put yourself in a peak position to win the rest of the day.” – Hal Elrod

This week on The School for Good Living Podcast:

• The two components that comprise Hal’s

Resources Mentioned:

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• Ask. by Ryan Levesque
• John Maxwell
• Conversations With God by Neal Donald Walsch
• TripIt
• Kiva

Connect with Hal Elrod:

• Hal Elrod International
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• YouTube
• Book: The Miracle Morning
• Book: The Miracle Equation

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Nexus IT Consultants offers world-class IT

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Bill Eddy is the Co-Founder and Training

Bill joins me again to discuss how heredity,

“What’s changing today is the culture, more than anything. And the culture is giving us images today of dysfunctional behavior.” – Bill Eddy

This week on The School for Good Living Podcast:

• The difference between psychopath personality

Resources Mentioned:

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• The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck

Connect with Bill Eddy:

• High Conflict Institute
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• YouTube
• Book: 5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life: Identifying and Dealing with Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other High-Conflict Personalities

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Nexus IT Consultants offers world-class IT

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