John Dennis Liu  is a film-maker and ecologist. He is also a researcher at several institutions. In January 2015 John was named Visiting Fellow at Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. John is also Ecosystem Ambassador for the Commonland Foundation based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2017 John Liu founded Ecosystem Restoration Camps, a worldwide movement that aims to restore damaged ecosystems on a large scale. Most recently, John was featured in Kiss The Ground, a full-length documentary narrated by Woody Harrelson that sheds light on an new, old approach to farming called “regenerative agriculture” that has the potential to balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world.

For more information on John, please visit:

Https://knaw.academia.edu/johndliu

Help restore our planet! Sign up at:

https://ecosystemrestorationcamps.org/foundation/john-d-liu/

Watch Kiss the Ground:

https://kissthegroundmovie.com/about/

Garret Kramer is the founder of Inner Sports. For over 25 years, he has provided consulting services for athletes, coaches, actors, and business leaders. And he has conducted workshops, day-long symposiums, and retreats for teams, organizations, universities, and schools. Credited with bringing the “Direct Path of Self-Exploration” to the high performance and sport communities, Garret is now sharing with global audiences his unique take on self-exploration and non-duality, as well as their implications for a more harmonious world.

Garret has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, and Forbes; and he has appeared on ESPN, FOX, NPR, WFAN, NBC, and The Golf Channel. He is the author of two books, Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life, and The Path of No Resistance: Why Overcoming is Simpler than You Think.

For more information on Garret, please visit: https://garretkramer.com/

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garret_kramer/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/garretkramer

Matt Belair is an author, speaker, coach, & conscious thought leader. With experience in fields ranging from mental fortitude, Zen, the pursuit of inner peace and positive living, martial arts, marketing, snowboarding, and travel to neuro-linguistic programming, meditation, sport psychology, life coaching, and conscious living. Matt hosts the master mind, body & spirit podcast & is the author of the Zen Athlete: The Secrets to Achieving your Highest Potential 

For more information on Matt, visit www.MattBelair.com

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Subscribe to Matt's Youtube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ZfWD99m5xhQBU_tp11wfg

Zach Schmidt is an author, businessman, and physical trainer. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2016 and has been in the Army for the past five years. He works to help people improve their lives physically and experience the connection between physical fitness and all other facets of our being. His book, “En Route: Forging a Bright Future from a Dark Past” highlights the trauma he experienced as a child with the death of his mom while providing principles on how to continue moving forward in life with purpose. He now live in Texas with his wife and two sons.

Buy Zach's book:

https://www.amazon.com/En-Route-Forging-Bright-Future/dp/B086PL6956/ref=sr_1_1?crid=CT0ISGUEN9K9&dchild=1&keywords=en+route+zach+schmidt&qid=1602899309&sprefix=zach+schmidt%2Caps%2C585&sr=8-1

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This episode is truly paradigm shifting. 

Dr. Cowan has served as vice president of the Physicians Association for Anthroposophical Medicine and is a founding board member of the Weston A. Price Foundation™.  During his career he has studied and written about many subjects in medicine. These include nutrition, anthroposophical medicine and herbal medicine. He is the author of three books published by Chelsea Green: Cancer and the New Biology of Water; Vaccines, Autoimmunity and the Changing Nature of Childhood Illness, and Human Heart, Cosmic Heart. He is the principal author of The Fourfold Path to Healing, which was published in 2004 by New Trends Publishing, and is the co-author of The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care, published in 2013. He has lectured throughout the United States and is a frequent guest on health-related podcasts. 

For more information on Dr. Cowan and to order his newest book "The Contagion Myth," please visit:

-https://www.drtomcowan.com/

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-https://www.instagram.com/dr.tomcowan/

-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCecCkfE38ErsmGUGj5Q5vPw

Dr Joseph Yi is a Holistic Psychiatrist, Board Certified in Addiction Medicine.

For more information, please visit: 

-https://modernbehavioral.com/joseph-yi-md/

-https://beyondrecovery.com/

-https://www.drjosephyi.com/

Follow Jo Yi on social media: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyimd/

Dr. Tommy John is a doctor of chiropractic care and a training specialist that thoroughly understand the human body and performance very well. With Master Degrees in Health and Exercise Science from Furman University, Dr. Tommy John brings over 17 years of health experience to the table. He helps educate his patients to find healing on the principle that every cell, tissue and organ is controlled by the brain, brain stem and spinal cord. He teaches that if this connection is compromised, the body cannot do what it was designed to do at an optimum level--adapt to our ever-changing world. 

For more information, visit https://www.drtommyjohn.com/

Follow Tommy John on social media:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtommyjohn/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drtommyjohn/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtommyjohndc?lang=en

Charles Eisenstein is an author, philosopher and public speaker. He graduated from Yale University in 1989 with a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy. He has written a number of books including The Yoga of Eating, The Ascent of Humanity, Sacred Economics, The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible, and Climate— A New Story. His work covers a wide range of topics including the history of human civilization at large, eastern cultures, eastern medicine, economics, spirituality, climate, and the ecology movement. He hosts a podcast, A New and Ancient Story, that airs every few weeks and is dedicated to moving humanity from the old paradigm of separation to a new paradigm of interbeing.

For more information on Charles, visit https://CharlesEisenstein.com 

Sohail Shakeri is a Harvard-trained philosopher, author, lecturer and business consultant.  He has written articles on mythology, religious movements and the nature of education.  He has taught Humanities, Philosophy and Religion at both the College and University level.  His main interests lie in questioning mainstream cultural narratives from a foundation of love and consciousness.  Sohail’s first book is about the crisis of our dying global civilization and is due out in January 2021 by Universal Publishers.  For more information about Sohail’s work you can find him on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube  and Twitter under the name, The Social Critic.

The first official episode of The Way Forward Podcast!

In this episode, we introduce you to our host Alec Zeck, give a brief look into the happenings behind the scenes with co-founder John Collins, cover our mission statement, and discuss what we hope to achieve with this podcast.

Super excited to bring this to you all, and we hope you'll join us in establishing unity, service, and love as The Way Forward for humanity!