The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

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The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose episodes

March 30, 2016 Rick Heller
This week we talk to Rick Heller about secular meditation
Rick Heller is the author of the new book, Secular Meditation: 32 Practices for Cultivating Inner Peace, Compassion, and Joy — A Guide from the Humanist Community at Harvard.
Rick leads weekly meditations at the Humanist Community at Harvard.
Rick received a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University. He also holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT
In This Interview, Rick Heller and I Discuss:

The One You Feed parable
His new book, Secular Meditation: 32 practices for cultivating inner peace, compassion & Joy (A guide from the Humanist Community at Harvard)
How in the brain, two negatives do not equal a positive
What a "Humanist" is
A secular view of meditation & mindfulness
Other types of meditation other than breath focused meditation
How there's no such thing as an inherently negative stimulus
What face meditation is
How the muscles in your face can affect your inner speech
How to relate to emotions with mindfulness
That recognizing an emotion actually brings it's feeling back toward neutral
What "positive equanimity" is
The difference between cognitive reappraisal and positive thinking
Different approaches to help us achieve "mindfulness of life"
When you're more "in your head" about something than you are collecting sensory information about something, you're really just dealing with abstractions
Skepticism surrounding the concept of "no self" as a goal to pursue
His working definition of enlightenment
A secular version of the serenity prayer

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46 min
March 30, 2016 120: Rick Heller
This week we talk to Rick Heller about secular meditation
Rick Heller is the author of the new book, Secular Meditation: 32 Practices for Cultivating Inner Peace, Compassion, and Joy — A Guide from the Humanist Community at Harvard.
Rick leads weekly meditations at the Humanist Community at Harvard.
Rick received a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University. He also holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT
In This Interview, Rick Heller and I Discuss:
The One You Feed parable
His new book, Secular Meditation: 32 practices for cultivating inner peace, compassion & Joy (A guide from the Humanist Community at Harvard)
How in the brain, two negatives do not equal a positive
What a "Humanist" is
A secular view of meditation & mindfulness
Other types of meditation other than breath focused meditation
How there's no such thing as an inherently negative stimulus
What face meditation is
How the muscles in your face can affect your inner speech
How to relate to emotions with mindfulness
That recognizing an emotion actually brings it's feeling back toward neutral
What "positive equanimity" is
The difference between cognitive reappraisal and positive thinking
Different approaches to help us achieve "mindfulness of life"
When you're more "in your head" about something than you are collecting sensory information about something, you're really just dealing with abstractions
Skepticism surrounding the concept of "no self" as a goal to pursue
His working definition of enlightenment
A secular version of the serenity prayer
For more show notes visit our website
38 min
March 30, 2016119: Rick Heller
This week we talk to Rick Heller about secular meditation
Rick Heller is the author of the new book, Secular Meditation: 32 Practices for Cultivating Inner Peace, Compassion, and Joy — A Guide from the Humanist Community at Harvard.
Rick leads weekly meditations at the Humanist Community at Harvard.
Rick received a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University. He also holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT
In This Interview, Rick Heller and I Discuss:
The One You Feed parable
His new book, Secular Meditation: 32 practices for cultivating inner peace, compassion & Joy (A guide from the Humanist Community at Harvard)
How in the brain, two negatives do not equal a positive
What a "Humanist" is
A secular view of meditation & mindfulness
Other types of meditation other than breath focused meditation
How there's no such thing as an inherently negative stimulus
What face meditation is
How the muscles in your face can affect your inner speech
How to relate to emotions with mindfulness
That recognizing an emotion actually brings it's feeling back toward neutral
What "positive equanimity" is
The difference between cognitive reappraisal and positive thinking
Different approaches to help us achieve "mindfulness of life"
When you're more "in your head" about something than you are collecting sensory information about something, you're really just dealing with abstractions
Skepticism surrounding the concept of "no self" as a goal to pursue
His working definition of enlightenment
A secular version of the serenity prayer
For more show notes visit our website
38 min
March 22, 2016 Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
This week we talk to Rebecca Newberger Goldstein about the relevance of philosophy in today's world
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is an American philosopher who is also a novelist and public intellectual. She is the author of ten books, many of which cross the divide between fiction and non-fiction. She holds a Ph.D. from Princeton.
Her latest book is called Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away, an exploration of the historical roots and contemporary relevance of philosophy. In the book Plato is brought to life in the 21st century and demonstrates the relevance of philosophy by arguing with contemporary figures such as a software engineer at Google headquarters, a right-wing talk show host, an affective neuroscientist, and others.
Goldstein is a MacArthur Fellow, has won the National Jewish Book Award, and numerous other honors. In September of 2015 she was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama in a ceremony at the White House.

In This Interview, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein and I Discuss:

The One You Feed parable
Winning a National Humanities Medal and meeting President Obama
Cultivating the positive emotions
Her latest book Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
What Plato would say about the Parable of the Two Wolves
Plato's Parable of Two Horses
Why virtue is good for us
The story of Socrates death
The most famous sound bite in the last 2500 years

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40 min
March 22, 2016 119: Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
This week we talk to Rebecca Newberger Goldstein about the relevance of philosophy in today's world
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is an American philosopher who is also a novelist and public intellectual. She is the author of ten books, many of which cross the divide between fiction and non-fiction. She holds a Ph.D. from Princeton.
Her latest book is called Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away, an exploration of the historical roots and contemporary relevance of philosophy. In the book Plato is brought to life in the 21st century and demonstrates the relevance of philosophy by arguing with contemporary figures such as a software engineer at Google headquarters, a right-wing talk show host, an affective neuroscientist, and others.
Goldstein is a MacArthur Fellow, has won the National Jewish Book Award, and numerous other honors. In September of 2015 she was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama in a ceremony at the White House.

In This Interview, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein and I Discuss:
The One You Feed parable
Winning a National Humanities Medal and meeting President Obama
Cultivating the positive emotions
Her latest book Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
What Plato would say about the Parable of the Two Wolves
Plato's Parable of Two Horses
Why virtue is good for us
The story of Socrates death
The most famous sound bite in the last 2500 years

For more show notes and a free download of the best quotes from Plato at the Googleplex visit our website
33 min
March 22, 2016118: Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
This week we talk to Rebecca Newberger Goldstein about the relevance of philosophy in today's world
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is an American philosopher who is also a novelist and public intellectual. She is the author of ten books, many of which cross the divide between fiction and non-fiction. She holds a Ph.D. from Princeton.
Her latest book is called Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away, an exploration of the historical roots and contemporary relevance of philosophy. In the book Plato is brought to life in the 21st century and demonstrates the relevance of philosophy by arguing with contemporary figures such as a software engineer at Google headquarters, a right-wing talk show host, an affective neuroscientist, and others.
Goldstein is a MacArthur Fellow, has won the National Jewish Book Award, and numerous other honors. In September of 2015 she was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama in a ceremony at the White House.

In This Interview, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein and I Discuss:
The One You Feed parable
Winning a National Humanities Medal and meeting President Obama
Cultivating the positive emotions
Her latest book Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
What Plato would say about the Parable of the Two Wolves
Plato's Parable of Two Horses
Why virtue is good for us
The story of Socrates death
The most famous sound bite in the last 2500 years

For more show notes and a free download of the best quotes from Plato at the Googleplex visit our website
33 min
March 15, 2016 Tara Mohr
This week we talk to Tara Mohr about playing big
Tara Mohr is an expert on women’s leadership and well-being. She helps women play bigger in sharing their voices and bringing forward their ideas in work and in life. Tara is the author of Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead, named a best book of the year by Apple’s iBooks and now in paperback. In the book, she shares her pioneering model for making the journey from playing small–being held back by fear and self-doubt–to playing big, taking bold action to pursue what you see as your callings.
Tara is the creator of the Playing Big leadership program for women, which now has more than 1,000 graduates from around the world, and creator of the global Playing Big Facilitators Training for coaches, therapists, leadership development professionals and other practitioners supporting women in their personal and professional growth. A Coaches Training Institute-certified coach with an MBA from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree in English literature from Yale,
Tara takes a unique approach that blends inner work and practical skills training. Her work has been featured on national media from theNew York Times to Today Show to Harvard Business Review, and has captivated women from all walks of life including Maria Shriver, Jillian Michaels and Elizabeth Gilbert.

Our Sponsor this Week is Fracture
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In This Interview, Tara Mohr and I Discuss:

The One You Feed parable
The immense flexibility we have in who we become
Feeding the good wolf in others
The Inner Mentor and the Inner Critic
The qualities of the Inner Critic
Why you shouldn't argue with the Inner Critic
How the Inner Critic also sounds like the voice of reason
Finding our Inner Mentor
Don't ask what you are ready for but instead ask what is life asking of me right now?
Imposter Syndrome
The Objection Rolodex
Making "The Leap"
The 6 criteria of the "The Leap"
How to keep change going
Giving up sugar

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48 min
March 15, 2016117: Tara Mohr
This week we talk to Tara Mohr about playing big
Tara Mohr is an expert on women’s leadership and well-being. She helps women play bigger in sharing their voices and bringing forward their ideas in work and in life. Tara is the author of Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead, named a best book of the year by Apple’s iBooks and now in paperback. In the book, she shares her pioneering model for making the journey from playing small–being held back by fear and self-doubt–to playing big, taking bold action to pursue what you see as your callings.
Tara is the creator of the Playing Big leadership program for women, which now has more than 1,000 graduates from around the world, and creator of the global Playing Big Facilitators Training for coaches, therapists, leadership development professionals and other practitioners supporting women in their personal and professional growth. A Coaches Training Institute-certified coach with an MBA from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree in English literature from Yale,
Tara takes a unique approach that blends inner work and practical skills training. Her work has been featured on national media from theNew York Times to Today Show to Harvard Business Review, and has captivated women from all walks of life including Maria Shriver, Jillian Michaels and Elizabeth Gilbert.
Our Sponsor this Week is Fracture
Visit Fracture and use the promo code “wolf” to get 10% off!!
In This Interview, Tara Mohr and I Discuss:
The One You Feed parable
The immense flexibility we have in who we become
Feeding the good wolf in others
The Inner Mentor and the Inner Critic
The qualities of the Inner Critic
Why you shouldn't argue with the Inner Critic
How the Inner Critic also sounds like the voice of reason
Finding our Inner Mentor
Don't ask what you are ready for but instead ask what is life asking of me right now?
Imposter Syndrome
The Objection Rolodex
Making "The Leap"
The 6 criteria of the "The Leap"
How to keep change going
Giving up sugar
For more show notes visit our website
44 min
March 13, 2016 Keep Trying- Mini Episode
Real change is possible but it takes time- Keep Trying!

JK Rowling was broke and depressed and her book had been rejected by 12 different publishers. This was right before Harry Potter was finally accepted and hit the big time.

It took me three different attempts to finally achieve sobriety.

Gone with the wind was rejected 38 times. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was rejected 121 times

Edison famously tried 1000 different approaches before getting the light bulb right.

We often cite these examples as encouragement to keep trying at things like business or success. What if we applied the same principles and tenacity to our internal development? What if we kept trying at emotional and mental change?

We have to do this stuff over and over again, change takes time. There are no easy answers or shortcuts to a life worth living.

Our sponsor this week is Fracture
Visit Fracture and use the promo code “wolf” to get 10% off!!

The Tale of Two Wolves
A grandfather is talking with his grandson and he says there are two wolves inside of us which are always at war with each other.
One of them is a good wolf which represents things like kindness, bravery and love. The other is a bad wolf, which represents things like greed, hatred and fear.
The grandson stops and thinks about it for a second then he looks up at his grandfather and says, “Grandfather, which one wins?”
The grandfather quietly replies, the one you feed
The Tale of Two Wolves is often attributed to the Cherokee indians but there seems to be no real proof of this. It has also been attributed to evangelical preacher Billy Graham and Irish Playwright George Bernard Shaw. It appears no one knows for sure but this does not diminish the power of the parable.
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8 min
March 13, 2016 Keep Trying- Mini Episode
Real change is possible but it takes time- Keep Trying!

JK Rowling was broke and depressed and her book had been rejected by 12 different publishers. This was right before Harry Potter was finally accepted and hit the big time.

It took me three different attempts to finally achieve sobriety.

Gone with the wind was rejected 38 times. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was rejected 121 times

Edison famously tried 1000 different approaches before getting the light bulb right.

We often cite these examples as encouragement to keep trying at things like business or success. What if we applied the same principles and tenacity to our internal development? What if we kept trying at emotional and mental change?

We have to do this stuff over and over again, change takes time. There are no easy answers or shortcuts to a life worth living.
Our sponsor this week is Fracture
Visit Fracture and use the promo code “wolf” to get 10% off!!

The Tale of Two Wolves
A grandfather is talking with his grandson and he says there are two wolves inside of us which are always at war with each other.
One of them is a good wolf which represents things like kindness, bravery and love. The other is a bad wolf, which represents things like greed, hatred and fear.
The grandson stops and thinks about it for a second then he looks up at his grandfather and says, “Grandfather, which one wins?”
The grandfather quietly replies, the one you feed
The Tale of Two Wolves is often attributed to the Cherokee indians but there seems to be no real proof of this. It has also been attributed to evangelical preacher Billy Graham and Irish Playwright George Bernard Shaw. It appears no one knows for sure but this does not diminish the power of the parable.
5 min

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