The Discomfort Practice with Betsy Reed

Welcome to Season 2 of The Discomfort Practice! Betsy talks about some of her upcoming guests and invites listeners to get in touch to suggest guests - leaders, activists, educators, artists and other extraordinary people whose experience of discomfort has shaped who they are and what they do to make the world a better place.

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Julia Dujmovits is the first Austrian to win an Olympic gold medal in snowboarding and the founder of RE/Mind company, a tech company using technology to get a billion people breathing together for a minute a day. Julia lives life on the edge of her comfort zone as an elite athlete training for her next gold medal, and as an entrepreneur. Betsy and Julia talk about 'letting go to flow,' crashing as a necessary part of learning and how meeting guru Ram Das on Richard Branson's Necker Island changed the course of her life. https://remindunite.com https://www.ted.com/talks/julia_dujmovits_one_step_out_of_1000 Become a supporter by joining us at www.patreon.com/thediscomfortpractice Follow Betsy & keep in touch on IG @thebetsyreed

Along with hosting this podcast, Betsy is also a meditation teacher. Any time you're feeling overwhelmed or uncomfortable, take 10 minutes to sit, listen, centre yourself & set yourself a bit more free with this meditation.

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Music attribution Deep Relaxation Preview by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5726-deep-relaxation-preview License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

2020 felt like both the longest decade & best year of Betsy's life. In this episode, she sits with the discomfort & ponders what's come of it.

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Khandiz is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work ranges from high fashion makeup artist to fine art installations. Originally from South Africa, she's a self-educated, impactful and passionate activist who's focusing her creative talents and knowledge on challenging and ups killing the beauty industry and film and tv industries to have a more positive impact on the environment and the humans who work in these industries. Betsy and Khandiz talk about the content and impact of the products in our makeup bags and bathroom cabinets, greenwash and how art isn't beautiful if it has an ugly impact. Find out more about Khandiz at www.vujadecreative.com Follow me on Instagram @TheBetsyReed & Support me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/TheDiscomfortPractice

Steve Whiteley is a writer, director, producer & comedian whom the British Comedy Guide recently called 'One of the pioneers in the new wave of online comedy.'

Betsy & Steve talk about the role of discomfort in comedy & our ability as those in the audience to sit with discomfort, the benefit of mindfulness on creativity & how ego gets in the way. Steve talks about being a beginner with each new project - from his first standup shows to directing a tv pilot - & how his Buddhist practice centres him.

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Sophie Anderson is an expert in alignment. She's one of only 15 chiropractors in Europe specialising in upper cervical care, & is a Human Design guide, helping others find and live their personal design through this powerful energetic mapping system.

Betsy & Sophie talk about the impact of discomfort on the nervous system, Human Design and how discomfort can actually get worse as you start to heal.

You can find your Human Design by going to mybodygraph.com Sophie can be booked for online Human Design readings via her website The podcast Sophie refers to is 'The Expanded Podcast' by Lacey Phillips. Check out her interviews with Jenna Zoe on episodes #1 & #23. You can support The Discomfort Practice on Patreon Follow Betsy on Instagram @TheBetsyReed and @betsyreedyoga

Bodhi Eira Jones is a flow state expert, binary-breaking revolutionary and the founder of KaiFlow, a practice that's described as 'martial arts for the mind.' Betsy and Bodhi talk about how breaking up with binary thinking can help to unlock and unleash our deepest, raging creativity, how Bodhi's gender fluidity means getting to reinvent themselves every day and how 2020 has given space for us to reexamine our lives and reality. Find out more about KaiFlow and their new Rebel Majesty programme by going to kaiflow.com You can support The Discomfort Practice on Patreon Follow me on Instagram @TheBetsyReed and @betsyreedyoga You can support me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/TheDiscomfortPractice Follow me on Instagram at www.instagram.com/thebetsyreed

In this solo episode, Betsy talks about 2020 as the massive stirring stick to bring up some deep, dark... STUFF. We're all facing our individual and collective shadow sides - the 'dark side' of the ego. And it's only through healing it that we can move forward.

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Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is an organisational psychologist, prolific author and entrepreneur whose latest book is called 'Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (And what to do about it).' Betsy and Tomas talk about why society prefers male incompetence to female competence, how most leaders are failing to lead by avoiding discomfort, how cultivating comfortable work cultures get in the way of the innovation needed to tackle pressing issues and how 2020 has forever changed our expectations of work. You can find out more about Dr Tomas at drtomas.com Check out his writing on Forbes here Support The Discomfort Practice on Patreon for the cost of a coffee a month. Follow me on Instagram @TheBetsyReed and @betsyreedyoga