The Happiness Quotient

Chris Carter grew up the son of missionaries in Kenya, Africa. He moved to the United States to study, climb, learn. In 2018 Chris took the physical and spiritual challenge of hiking the 2,650 mile Pacific Crest Trail in the western USA. The film he created grabbed me from the first sounds of a camp stove lighting up. 

I welcome Chris to The Happiness Quotient to discuss the journey, about the friendships formed, and about the process of creating this incredibly moving and powerful film called To Measure a Mile. I love the film and you will love it, as well. 

Excerpts from the film will weave together with the interview done with Chris from his home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 

To Measure A Mile can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX4gjMlGSHE&t=52s

Chris Carter on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/chriscarter146/

I'd like to thank Oliver and Chris Wood, Jano Ricks and The Wood Brothers management, as well as their publicist Kevin Calabro for granting us the rights to use HAPPINESS JONES for our theme music. We are deeply honored. 

Find The Wood Brothers at: 
https://www.thewoodbros.com/

The Wood Brothers on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTvWKQovDZlLceuct1EEMMQ

Happiness Jones video can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKIoiVWwF5A

For more about Thom Dharma Pollard, about personal coaching or his inspirational presentations, virtual or in person, look for him at eyesopenproductions.com

To join his mailing list for A Course In Happiness, email him at [email protected]

READING LIST:

Wild, From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 
by Cheryl Strayed
https://www.cherylstrayed.com/wild_108676.htm

Wanderlust: A History of Walking
by Rebecca Solnit
https://www.amazon.com/Wanderlust-History-Walking-Rebecca-Solnit/dp/0140286012

Shores Beyond Shores:  From Holocaust to Hope, My True Story
by Irene Butter
http://irene-butter.squarespace.com/book

Reading Claudius: A Memoir in Two Parts
by Caroline Heller
https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/reading-claudius-a-memoir-in-two-parts

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"All of my wisdom came from all the toughest days

I never learned a thing being happy"

These words from The Wood Brothers' song Happiness Jones sum up our podcast. The band has given us the green light to use the song as our new theme music! We are beyond honored here at The Happiness Quotient. Hear the story of how it came to pass.

We're also going to introduce you to 6-time Everest climber Michael Hamill of Climbing the Seven Summits, one of the top Everest and moutaineering guiding and outfitting companies in the world. From Hanover, New Hampshire, Mike lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and daughter. They're expecting a boy in February 2021.

Mike's packing now for Everest, where his team has already established Base Camp on the Khumbu Glacier in Nepal. His twenty+ years of guiding on 8,000 meter peaks, including 13 expeditions to Mount Everest, make him the perfect interview to hear how Nepal is doing after having shut down the 2014, 2015 and 2019 Everest seasons, how it's impacted the people who rely on the mountain to make a living.

For more information about Mike, find him here: 
https://climbingthesevensummits.com/

Climbing the Seven Summits YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJjauFo5rnhh6_KN9kglJ4w

Mike's book, Climbing the Seven Summits:
https://climbingthesevensummits.com/book/

I'd like to thank Oliver and Chris Wood, Jano Ricks and The Wood Brothers management, as well as their publicist Kevin Calabro for granting us the rights to use HAPPINESS JONES for our theme music. We are deeply honored. 

Find The Wood Brothers at: 
https://www.thewoodbros.com/

The Wood Brothers on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTvWKQovDZlLceuct1EEMMQ

Happiness Jones video can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKIoiVWwF5A

For more about Thom Dharma Pollard, about personal coaching or his inspirational presentations, virtual or in person, look for him at eyesopenproductions.com

To join his mailing list for A Course In Happiness, email him at [email protected]

A Course In Happiness and a downloadable pdf of the most recent A Course In Happiness can be found at 

• https://www.patreon.com/thehappinessquotient

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Recorded just as the polls closed during the runoff elections in Georgia, USA, we bring back Dr. Nathan Schwartz-Salant for his insightful take on how an individual must stand one's ground during times of chaos and uncertainty. 

The late Dr. Nathan Schwartz-Salant, a prominent Jungian analyst, in this interview from February 8, 2020, on the eve of the New Hampshire primaries, offers a way for us to 'stand our ground' during these uncertain times, how to embrace the darkness of the collective psyche. His insight and analysis is perfect for  

Dr. Schwartz-Salant is a member of the International Association for Analytical Psychology {IAAP} and has been practicing as a Jungian analyst for almost fifty years. 

His first book, Narcissism and Character Transformation: The Psychology of Narcissistic Character Disorders, published by Inner City Books in 1982, is a classic in the Jungian field. Recently, he contributed the chapter "Healthy Presidential Narcissism: Is That Possible?" for the popular book, A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of Donald Trump, that came out during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Thank you to Dr. Schwartz-Salant for your incredible insight and advice to those finding themselves at dis-ease during these maddening times. 

Music for Episode 30 is by Mild Wild and was found on the free music archive. They can be found at https://soundcloud.com/mildwildmusic

For more about me please visit eyesopenproductions.com and ask to join my mailing list. 

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Our thoughts are very powerful. The thoughts that make up a great part of our conscious life create the person that we project onto the world, create the reality of our own lives. 

Imagine a person being a tiny little radio station, broadcasting out to the world the thoughts, fears worries emptiness and depression that fill the mind. To commune with your soul, all it requires is for you to be like Source, or Soul, that being an all loving being, 

So when you choose to come from a place of love your energies reflect that, and your little miniature radio station broadcasts that into the world. When we do that we find ourselves in synchronicity with the energies of one’s soul, or godlike energies….

How do we do that?

By adopting a vision of something worthy….by endeavoring to aspire to something greater, more noble. 

A Course In Happiness and a downloadable pdf of today's A Course In Happiness can be found at 

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Suggested Readings:

• Emotional Intelligence - Daniel Goleman
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• Autobiography of a Yogi - Paramahansa Yogananda
• 
  
• The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge - Carlos Castaneda
• 
  
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig
• 
  
• Cloud Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown: A Mountain Journal: Alan Watts

A COURSE IN HAPPINESS PDF DOWNLOAD CAN BE FOUND HERE:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/course-in-issue-45574377?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare

Music from today's episode was found on the free music archive, featuring the brilliant music of Marianne Dissard. Please find out more about her incredible music at:
www.mariannedissard.com

For more about Thom Dharma Pollard, about personal coaching or his inspirational presentations, virtual or in person, look for him at eyesopenproductions.com

To join his mailing list for A Course In Happiness, email him at [email protected]

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A quotient is an answer to a mathematical division problem. When we gather experience and look at the opportunities within our most challenging days, by deduction we begin to grow in wisdom. Hey, at the very least, we might learn what not to do. When we become wise and stop desiring the acquisition of wealth, or love or spiritual enlightenment, we will begin to become naturally happy. The Happiness Quotient endeavors to apply knowledge to the experiences in our lives, exploring how Happiness can be a part of our every day, even during the most challenging times. 

In today's inaugural episode of our new incarnation we explore the healing power of music with bluesman and Master of Divinity in Buddhist Philosophy the Reverend Freakchild. We also share a killer rendition of Happiness Jones by The Wood Brothers. 

Music throughout the episode is brought you by Reverend Freakchild off his latest album The Bodhisattva Blues. Final cut is Happiness Jones by The Wood Brothers. 

HAPPY STUFF - RESOURCES AND RESEARCH 

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Our guest for Episode #63, Reverend Freakchild, can be found at:

https://www.www-reverendfreakchild.org/

Link to Happiness Jones by The Wood Brothers, as heard in Episode #63 can be found here, by Jam In The Van, Live in Nashville, TN 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWFT2Ya332I

Chogyam Trungpa’s book, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism:

https://www.amazon.com/Cutting-Through-Spiritual-Materialism-Chogyam/dp/1570629579

Naropa University webpage:

www.naropa.edu

Thank you for your kindness.

See you next time at The Happiness Quotient.

Peace and Love,

Thom Dharma Pollard

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Folks, the winter solstice approaches. Thom gets prepared to announce some HUGE news about the future and where things are going.  Groove to some music by Daniel Donato and let Thom tell you what it's all about. 

Music by Daniel Donato, the real Cosmic Cowboy "Always Been A Lover" 
Find him at: www.danieldonato.com

Find his music on Spotify by typing in 'Cosmic Country" and listen to his podcast on Apple Podcasts at:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ua/podcast/daniel-donatos-lost-highway/id1452703574

My friend Will White, who suggested I start podcasting (mentioned in this episode) has a podcast himself, called Stories From The Field: Demystifying Wilderness Therapy
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-from-the-field-demystifying-wilderness-therapy/id1440862416

For more information about Thom, visit:
www.eyesopenproductions.com

Peace and Love,
Thom Dharma Pollard

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What do you get when you mix a Jam Band with a Country Band? You get Cosmic Country, a la Daniel Donato, a rising Nashville musician who got his start on Lower Broadway in Nashville at the age of 14 when he first stepped on stage. His story is inspiring, amazing, insightful and filled with positivity and wonder. 

Daniel's new album is called A Young Man's Country, and you can find it here on Daniel's website at www.danieldonato.com 

Daniel's podcast is Daniel Donato's Lost Highway: 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daniel-donatos-lost-highway/id1452703574

Please visit me at eyesopenproductions.com or visit me on Apple Podcasts and Subscribe:
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Thank you for visiting!

Peace and Love,
Thom Dharma Pollard

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After eight wonderful years locked in the embrace of a warm cabin in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, it was time I had to move. The news came as such a shock that it hadn't occurred to me to shop for a home to purchase. Time was short. I had two months to find a place to move the entire kit and kaboodle, in an absolutely over-saturated rental market, tapped by AirBnB and second home buyers, finding a place to live is nigh impossible around here. But, the Universe provides!

I share my experiences with the move, have a final fire pit at the cabin, and immerse myself in the icy cold Saco River to cleanse myself of all past negativity to usher in a new phase of my life. Brrrr!

The shorter video version of this episode is on YouTube at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMaGV1J5n2U&t=630s

Music is by 'me': songs include Can't Find My Way Home, That's What Angels Can Do and my own composition from the 2003 Viracocha II Reedship Expedition.

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This is the Truth about Everest.

Hours after the passing of my mother in 2016 I was visited by a magnificent presence that assured me of my safety on Everest. Three months later, high up inside the Khumbu Icefall, that same presence assisted me during a serac avalanche in which four of us might have been killed. 

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MUSIC for this episode is by the AMAZING Garcia Birthday Band.
Please visit their website:
http://gbblive.com

Eyes Of The World by GBB:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhTSJVDUp58

I Know You Rider by GBB:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qglrhSFOTBc

Have a great day. Come from a place of Love.

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As Chair and CEO of Warner Bros., Ann Misiaszek Sarnoff became the first female to serve as a Studio head in the entertainment industry. Ann is truly a trail blazer, an inspiration to young and old to prove that hard work, determination and persistence far outshine the traits championed in the age of immediacy. 

Ann was named head of WarnerMedia’s Studios and Networks Group in August 2020. In this role, she is responsible for all of WarnerMedia’s content-focused teams, uniting the Warner Bros. Pictures Group, HBO and HBOMax, the Warner Bros. Television Group, DC, kids/young adults/classics (Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang, TCM, Cartoon Network Studios, WB Animation), TBS, TNT, TruTV, Wizarding World, consumer products and gaming, to work together across titles, brands and franchises. An unmatched collection of world-class brands and content creators.

Sarnoff brings more than 30 years of business and media experience to this post, as she guides the Studios and Networks Group in support of WarnerMedia’s mission to engage and delight the global audience with innovative, engaging entertainment content.

I grew up in the same town as Ann and we graduated from high school together. We talk about our time growing up in a small town in western Massachusetts, her influences and her path to becoming one of the most successful women in the United States or world today.

Music for today's episode comes to you from the free music archive, featuring the music of Jan Morgenstern. He can be found at http://www.wavemage.com/

For more about me, find me at eyesopenproductions.com

Peace and Love,
Thom Dharma Pollard

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