By Daniel Bruce Levin
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Simran Singh
SIMRAN is a recognized speaker and catalyst for love, compassion and humanity. As an ‘Example’ for a New World Experience of Aliveness, she advocates for the Visionary and Mystic embodied within each person, through creating and sharing FREE conscious, uplifting and inspirational media. To support this humanitarian effort, become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/iamsimran1111 SIMRAN is #1 rated, archived syndicated host of Voice America’s 11:11 Talk Radio, host of 11:11 InnerViews TV, and publisher of Nautilus Award-winning 11:11 Magazine. Author of (1) IPPY and IPA Gold Award-winning Conversations With The Universe, (2) Your Journey to Enlightenment and (3) IPPY Gold Award-winning Your Journey to Love. SIMRAN creates art, books, and online courses to bridge humanity’s experience and expression.
She is a Tedx speaker, the creator of the One-Woman Show, The Rebel Road… Connecting the Dots from What Was to What Is and As an ‘Example’ for a New World Experience of Aliveness, she advocates for the Visionary and Mystic embodied within each person, while engaging individuals in the embrace of their darkest depths so to uncover their brilliance of Light.
the first time i met her, i asked her to share her experience of a journey she took as i was about to set out on a trip to speak to those no one speaks to and listen to those no one listens to. here is the advice she gave me:
though the voice of the many, the voice of the one is shared. the trip i was taking had to be completely for me, if no-one ever saw it, if no one ever funded it, it would be enough.
she shared with me, her journey was stepping out of a life that she was supposed to live into finding who she was; it meant not being always what she should be and discovering who she wasn’t; she went willing to be all the things she wasn’t, willing go on an adventure. and when she said this one simple sentence, it really affected me:
"everything in life is a reflection of us speaking to us about us."
every person i met, everything that came to me was coming to me to speak to me about me. she told me, i took the rebel road, to take the journey of the unknown, no agenda, but purely to express my own voice and i knew the universe would lead me on its own way.
this was purely for me. the world does not need me to change it. when i spoke to people, i said, i am not here for you, i am here for me. by the end of the journey, (7 months on the road with her children) but and experience that lasted seven years. there was so much light in those seven months that it opened up everything cellular, ancestral, that could be opened up in darkness. she went into the darkness, into the pain, into the doubt, into all the things we try to avoid going into and when she emerged after 7 years, the darkness was gone.
you can clearly see why i was excited to speak more with Simran. i was a guest on her show which i loved. here is the link to that show:
https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/120662/the-mosaic-daniel-bruce-levin?fbclid=IwAR39xIBi_DPJFWUiDTMQ_-ZOCLhj9AqzUoKWxqICWnXcCo036F1Nn_UzGZ
here is what we talked about on The Mosaic Podcast:
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Padma Gordon is a Spiritual Guide, Embodied Mindfulness Counselor, author and lover of life who invites people to deepen their connection to body, heart, and soul. She teaches about relationships through the lens of awakening. Her new book is called, “Being Together: Practical Wisdom for Loving Yourself and Your Partner.” You can get it here: Buy Being Together on Amazon
i was amazed at how much we shared in common and how in one conversation we could go so deep. this was one of the few conversations i have had where we both held the space for the other to be loved and accepted, listened to and heard and acknowledged and validated. it is what she does in the work she does too.
we spoke of:
the spaces between the words
the beauty of words, but how there is something far more in the work we do for people that happens beneath the words
we spoke of time and space and how she feels it dissolving
we spoke of the power that comes when we can be together
Every moment is sacred including the less preferable ones
and so much more
but more than the words we spoke, you will feel the vibration between us as you enter into the sacred space of two space holders.
when i asked her, if you could say one thing to a world that was listening, what would you say, she answered, I would say: Be present. Every moment is sacred including the less preferable ones. Life is a celebration. Be a devotee of Love and Loving. Life is short. Know that you are enough and trust that you are loved. This is a podcast you will want to hear. to find out more about Padma please go to:Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/padma.gordon
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Leigh M. Clark is on a mission to throw kindness around like confetti – and has been for nearly a decade. With a full time career in technology currently working with nonprofits, and having founded one herself, Clark has ensured her underlying purpose has been built on kindness. Clark works for top software company Salesforce where she’s advised clients about end to end solutions across several industries. She currently serves as a Non-Profit Marketing Specialist. She spends much of her day speaking to key industry leaders, about ways to engage with their supporters to create a more substantial impact for their missions. Her passion project is a charity called Kindleigh…which is centered on making the world a better place through acts of kindness. Their nonprofit has made significant impact nationwide in efforts such as: gathering school supplies for foster children distributing crucial items to those facing homelessness delivering gifts to women and children who are victims of abuse and human trafficking, paying off holiday layaways for strangers. Their work has been featured on Rachael Ray, The Today Show, and on many national and local media outlets. Year over year she continues to work her hardest to leave an indelible mark on the world. Through helping to uplift others she has found her purpose. Her hope is to inspire others to live their best life by sharing their own positivity. Her belief is that together we make a difference through kindness. One thing to tell the world: When you perform acts of kindness you are not only enriching your happiness you are multiplying it to those around you.—
This is a podcast you will want to hear.
in a time where so often people are not kind to each other, this conversation is even more important now than ever before. inherent in each of us is a desire to be kind to one another and to help those who are in need. witness the way we are in times of adversity, where both sides of an issue comes together to helps get through that moment, it is this kindness that Leigh wants to initiate in us and remind us of all the time.
i highly encourage you to visit her websites and spend some time there looking for way that you can hep Leigh grow her movement of kindness and invite Leigh to come and do a presentation for your community.
to find out more about Leigh please go to:
www.kindleigh.org
https://m.facebook.com/leighmclark/ www. facebook.com/kindleigh.org/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/kindnesscommunity/ www.linkedin.com/in/leighmc www.instagram.com/kindleigh_org www.twitter.com/socialeigh#AgendalessConversation #TheMosaic #TheMosaicPodcast #50ConversationsWith50Strangers #DanielBruceLevin #LeighMClark #Listen #SeeMe #KindleighOrg #KindnessCommunity #SocialLeigh #RandomActsOfKindness
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Steve Farber is Ranked on Inc.’s Global Top 50 Leadership and Management Experts list, Steve Farber is a Wall St Journal best-selling author and the founder and CEO of The Extreme Leadership Institute. His first book, The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership, was named one of the 100 Best Business Books of All Time. His new book, Love Is Just Damn Good Business, has been listed by Book Authority as one of the top business strategy books of 2020.he says, “Promoting Love Is Just Damn Good Business” and invites you to receive a free LEAP Assessment at www.loveisgoodbiz.com
Steve believes, It’s time to toss aside the touchy-feely notions of love in business and recognise the real power it holds. Love is not only appropriate in the context of business, it’s the foundation of great leadership, and, therefore, the very foundation of a thriving, competitive enterprise. When love is part of an organization’s framework and operationalized in its culture, employees and customers feel genuinely valued. Employees who are passionate about the work that they do are more loyal, innovative, creative, and inspired, and that translates to great customer experience. They don’t serve others out of obligation, but because of a genuine desire to improve people’s lives. And when customers reciprocate by loving your products, your services, and your people, that’s when something great happens. That’s when you get loyalty. That’s when you get raving fans. It’s a refreshingly human way of doing business.
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this is one of those pivotal conversations that you just have to listen to. it was unique not only in the conversation we had but in the application of how to introduce love into the business arena. choosing speak about love as the passion you have for what you are do and the feeling you have for the products and services that you offer, rather than speaking from a place of having to love yourself first or love your team, he brings that culture of love in in a way that corporate people can understand and thens peaks of what happens when your team says, “i love working here.” and your clients say, “ i love what these people do."
does that mean that everything becomes perfect. listen in to and out. this is a beautiful conversation and one in which Steve, like many others that i interview comments on the uniqueness of the questions and feel of the interview.
i highly encourage you to visit his websites and spend some time there and inviting Steve to come and do a presentation for your team.
to find out more about Steve please go to:
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www.extremeleadership.com
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David has dedicated his life to empowering humanity to believe we can create the world of our dreams and designing the strategies and tools to help us make this a reality. He is putting this aspiration and second order knowledge into action through a bold plan to change the world called: “Reinventing the Planet.”
David Gershon, co-founder and CEO of Empowerment Institute has been called “the number one expert on social change.” He applies his visionary leadership and social change expertise to designing second order change solutions for cities, countries and the planet that enable the seemingly impossible to become possible. Over the past four decades the initiatives he’s designed have won many awards and achieved much recognition.
David has dedicated his life to empowering humanity to believe we can create the world of our dreams and designing the strategies and tools to help us make this a reality. He is putting this aspiration and second order knowledge into action through a bold plan to change the world called: “Reinventing the Planet.”
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this is one of those conversations that you just have to listen to. it was unique not only in the conversation we had but in the ability and flexibility of David, a brilliant man to be kind and generous enough to change direction midstream with me and move away from what most if not everyone wants him to share, to answer my quirky questions and to challenge his own edges.
let me prepare you, David is not like most people. the world he sees is different from the world most of us see, because he asks different questions. for instance, instead of asking what wrong with the world and how can we fix it? he simply asks, “what is possible?” it is amazing to see how the questions we ask give us the answers we follow. try asking new and different questions.
David invites people to grow beyond the edges and watch what happens when i ask David what is beyond the edge of his own growth right now?
i highly encourage you to visit his websites and spend some time there getting to know David and the amazing innovations he is creating with the people who associate with him . .
to find out more about David please go to:
reinventing.earth
peace2030.earth
https://www.empowermentinstitute.net
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Andrea Garfield has been building businesses and coaching and teaching leaders her whole career. after getting her MBA she built and sold companies and volunteered, coaching leaders across the globe. now as Founder and CEO of Awesome Institute, she is passionate about helping people be more human at work.
she blew into my awareness through a short video i saw of her coaching Simon Sinek through a tough time in this coronavirus pandemic.
and from the moment i watched that video i knew i wanted to have her on The Mosaic Podcast. she is kind, authentic, approachable and dare i say human. although she works with some really well known people, there was no air about her. she was real, and vulnerable (although she says this is still hard for her to be) and very accepting.
i found our conversation to be easy, like sitting on the front porch in a comfortable chair sipping a lemonade. there was something very clean and wholesome about it. and we spoke about feeling feelings, how we learn to be separate, the gift of children, walking rather than jumping into change. i could tell you all about it, because in its own way, the conversation touched me like a gentle breeze touches me and brings me comfort. but that would rob you of the opportunity to experience this conversation from your point of view and feel what you feel from it, and why would i want to do that.
when i asked her what she would say to the word if she knew it was listening, she replied: "It's okay to be human at work and in life."
i invite you to experience Andrea Garfield and when you like the experience, i encourage you to learn more about her by going to:
https://www.awesomeinstitute.com/
to Sign up for Andrea’s Online Class: Managing Your Emotions in High Stress Times, please look at online classes at: simonsinek.com
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to learn more about Daniel B. Levin, please go to: https://www.DanielBruceLevin.com https://www.TheMosaicOnline.Com www.TheMosaicPodcast.com to get The Mosaic, please go to: https://themosaiconline.com/shop/ or go to amazon: http://a.co/dvgsgG3 to subscribe to my YouTube channel, please go here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVQAe3mbYOT0AFY6Zr-xskg…
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Do not let her age fool you, Brialle Ringer has gone through a lot, done a lot of inner work to heal, and has a brilliant mind that sees the world differently.
She is trained on how to create safe environments that allow people bring out of themselves what they believe and then t listen to others share what they believe too. there is some hope for this world if we can continue having conversations of the sort that Living Room Conversations initiate.
Our conversation focused less of the work she does for LRC but on who she is, belief systems i had, listening and understanding new ways to see.
but rather than me try to explain the conversation to you, why not just listen to it for yourself. this is an important conversation for these times
she is a Holistic Health Coach and Racial Equity Partner Brialle Ringer integrates her degree in Social Work, background in yoga, and a healing justice framework to create connecting conversations and experiences. She views personal transformation as an integral piece of collective liberation and knows that when we heal ourselves, we heal the world.
to learn more about Brialle, please go to:
www.bewellwithbrialle.com
https://www.facebook.com/bewellwithbrialle
when i asked her what was one thing she would say to the world, she said, "Our personal transformation is integral to our collective liberation."
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are about Living Room Conversations:
Living Room Conversations are a conversational bridge across issues that divide and separate us. They provide an easy structure for engaging in friendly yet meaningful conversation with those with whom we may not agree. These conversations increase understanding, reveal common ground, and sometimes even allow us to discuss possible solutions.
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Somewhere in the back of my mind, i have the idea that the book i wrote, The Mosaic would always be turned into a movie or a Netflix series or something like that and from time to time life brings to me people who are really talented in filmmaking, directing and producing films.
i have also always felt that the essence of The Mosaic, the idea of listening to people no one listens to, and watching them righting front of my eyes transform from who i thought they were to who they are. for the most part, this happens in my seeing something that i never saw in them before, AND . . .
occasionally it happens through the practice of holding space. when a person feels safe enough to be themselves, all that they are not falls away, leaving only who they are to be seen.
both ways involve this practice of compassionate listening and both processes are exquisite to watch.
Trina Bardusco is an American-Venezuelan who is passionate about innovative storytelling, championing multiculturalism, diversity and content for women. She has written, directed, produced and or co-hosted a total of nine web series and for-and-about women in both English and Spanish.
you can easily see why i was so eager to speak with her.
She also co-pioneered HBO Latino’s original, award winning series, Habla, that for over a decade has given a platform to Latinos living in the U.S. Latinos from all walks of life, including dozens of celebrities, share their personal stories.
Her latest project, Going Solo, is a documentary series with a distinctly feminine take on the impulse to travel. Blending bold storytelling, far-flung locals, and spirited exploration, we follow Trina as she takes a walk—or twirl, or ride—in another’s shoes, seeking passion and excitement in each unique form of cultural expression.
need i say more, but there is more . . .
Trina began her career as a Fulbright Scholar of ethnomusicology in Spain in 1999 for her project, “Flamenco’s Duende and Deep Song.” She soon traded the library for one of the first, readily available DV digital cameras, and started documenting gypsy flamenco singer, Luis Agujeta. This lead to her debut documentary, I’m the Tourist, where she first began experimenting with immersing herself in a way of life markedly different from her own.
what was fabulous to watch in this interview was that moment when we could feel who trina was actually came front an center. thesis not to say that before na after that moment trina was not real and authentic and beautiful, but if you watch, i thin you will see, there is a moment she something changes.
those moments are what i live for. i hope you will enjoy watching this episode and that it will encourage you to usher in that moment for yourself when you become you.
to get in touch with trina please go to her website: https://www.TrinaBardusco.com
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I met Martin several years ago. in the years i have known him, he has always been one of the kindest people i know. he is someone who has always given to me way more than he has asked for, he has had me on numerous platforms that he has created and yet over the years we have not seen each other all that much
when he invited me to be on a facebook live conversation, i saw something in him that i had not seen before, and i wanted to have him on this podcast to share with us his work around curiosity and his book The Curiosity Theory.
i must say, this was one of the most interesting podcasts that i have ever done, because in the middleman our conversation, Martin stepped back to analyse what he was thinking and feeling from a curiosity perspective and then i did the same thing from a place of holding space and listening.
the two practices are very similar but i think you will see in this conversation, the living breathing practice of what each of us do.
i highly recommend Martin and if you are feeling stuck or this that a new way of looking at the world with curiosity might benefit you and/or you company, please reach out to him.
here is a little more Information on who Martin is and how you can reach him:
Martin Lopez is an Real Estate Professional as well an Author, Trainer and Coach in the personal development industry.
His book The Curiosity Theory is a powerful methodology that radically changes…
✅ The way we look at ourselves
✅ The way we look at each other.
✅ And The way we look at life,
The Curiosity Theory gives people alternatives during tense and stressful situations. This allows people to Powerfully Interact vs. Repeating the same mistakes over and over.
As a Trainer, Martin’s works with:
Start-ups ::: Corporate CEO’s ::: One on One Coaching ::: And High Performance Teams.
His gift is uncovering blind spots and strengthening professional and personal relationships, As well as helping teams and organizations work together more openly and efficiently.
Martin is a graduate of the University of Santa Monica’s Spiritual Psychology program and has extensive training in may other methodologies.
During his 30+ years as a real estate professional and mortgage banker, Martin saw so many opportunities lost due to misaligned energy, conflict and self-sabotaging communications.
Almost every time, the issues were human rather than technical:
The Curiosity Theory is the result of Martin’s exploration. Written in the same humorous, conversational style he uses when teaching seminars. The book is a guide to practicing The Curiosity Theory to strengthen your relationships in all aspects of your life.
Applied curiosity improves communication and collaboration. It helps teams work together more openly and efficiently. It brings friends, couples and families closer together. Website: TheCuriosityTheory.com Social Media: facebook.com/thecuriositytheory instagram.com/thecuriositytheory
linkedin.com/in/mrmartinlopez Download Audiobook TheCuriositybook.com
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This happens sometimes in the world of fiction and science fiction, a writer writes a story that speaks of something that happens only to find years later, what the writer saw happen, actually happens. Alfred Alcorn is not a prophet, a psychic or a doomsayer, he is just a brilliant author who has seen enough of the world to tell stories of a world that could be.
Sugar Mountain, written in 2013, could become a manual to help us navigate or way through the global pandemic of Coved -19. it is not an exact rendition, but what it does do, is it invites the reader to contemplate, is Coved -19 a one and done endemic or the messenger for a more deadly pandemic that could surface at any time.
Hear Alfred thoughts on what can be done, what the world is trying to say to us and what the world might soon look like if we don’t all come together.
First published in 2013 and set in western Massachusetts, Sugar Mountain revolves around the struggle of an extended family to survive a pandemic that starts in China and spreads around the world with devastating effect. As it stands, Sugar Mountain could serve as a survival manual should Covid 19 mutate and turn more deadly than it already is. Because of the relevance and increased demand for Sugar Mountain, the publisher has come out with a reissue that might be of interest to those who have not read the 2013 edition.
Born Alfred Denny and orphaned at the age of eight, the author grew up in the U.K. (Merseyside), in Ireland (County Roscommon), and in the U.S. (Massachusetts). He graduated from Harvard and has worked as a journalist, editor, teacher, travel director (for the Harvard Museum of Natural History). In that last capacity he planned and led trips all over the world, including Antarctica. He has also been a safari guide, mostly in Tanzania, which he knows well.
To date he has written and published 10 novels. They have been reviewed in the New Yorker, The New York Times, the Boston Globe, and many other publications.
The podcast currently has 100 episodes available.