Untaught Essentials

In this episode, Jeremy sits down with Tami Simon, founder of Sounds True, for "Steady Under Fire," the conversation that opened the Inner MBA. They explore what happens when our nervous systems are under near-constant pressure at work and at home, and introduce the Red, Gray, and Green Zones: three states that quietly shape how we lead, decide, and relate. Along the way they discuss why most leadership training stops at the neck, why building vitality matters more than increasing stress tolerance, and how a single moment (your phone lighting up with your most difficult client's name) reveals the chain from body to behavior to results. Learning to notice that moment is where real change begins.

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This episode is all about transitions: the endings, the long uncertain middle, and the new beginnings you often don't notice until you're already in them. Jeremy is joined by Jason Beck: friend, student, teaching assistant, and producer of the show. Jason is at the front end of a change he chose (he's about to become the father of twins), while Jeremy is well into one he didn't (rebuilding after losing his home in the January 2025 Altadena fire). Together they explore what it takes to move through transition intentionally.

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In tribute to Larry Ward.

Rerun Episode 4. For this episode we are talking to Larry and Peggy Ward, senior teachers in the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition of Zen Buddhism. They have also written a book, In Love's Garden, exploring the topic of love. Most recently, Larry has published a book called America's Racial Karma, which you will find as a very engaging reading for these times.

In this episode, we explore the topic of love. As the world careens around us, what better topic to explore and talk about and understand at a deep level, what is love.

Dr. David Wrathall is an Associate Professor of Natural Hazards at Oregon State University’s College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences. His research focuses on forms of human mobility and forced migration resulting from environmental problems. He draws from climate change adaptation, risk, resilience, and sustainability studies. In addition to climate change, he considers other destabilizing influences on development including drug trafficking and violent conflict.

To learn more about Jeremy's work and upcoming courses, please take a look at his new website: untaughtessentials.com

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How do you meet crises and find your way through crises to help yourself and others? Marcela Widrig has been working with trauma in the body for over 30 years. How do we wrap ourselves around pain? She does a mixture of hands-on work, zoom sessions, and group trainings to help stuck energy move through us.

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Jeremy has been working on the 2025 offerings and excited about what has been developed. We will have two deep dive courses this year.

This episode is a a conversation with nueorsicentist and psychologist, David Creswell. David and his collaborators have been leading neuroscience research in the central role of equanimity in mindfulness practices.

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A super secret special guest returns...namely an 9-year old close to my life. We discuss what is on his mind as we head into 2025.

Have you ever had an event that you couldn’t get past? Something so painful that its gravitational pull kept you from moving forward? if you moved past it what would open up for you? What would you put into action that you’ve been talking yourself out of?

Recently I helped one of my students Shengyu Zhang move past such an episode. What opened up for him was a recognition that he loved learning people’s stories. What he put into action, in a matter of days, was a series of interviews of how someone faced their fear and overcame their struggles. And I had the pleasure of being one of the first people he spoke with.

Mindfulness is more than just paying attention or being aware in the present moment. The more transformational properities of mindfulness is to radically change your relationship to the world. In this episode with Julianna Raye, CEO and lead curriculum designer of Unified Mindfulness. You would be hard pressed to find someone who has more practice than Juilianna.

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The world is abuzz with excitement and worry about Artifical IntelligenceI and the human future. Perhaps the best exploration I’ve heard of AI comes not from a technological or social point of view, but from a mythological one.

What is the deeper meaning of humans creating something that might eclipse them in the future? Why are we driven to do this? More pointedly, after the Sorcerer’s Apprentice summons forth magical forces he can’t control, what happens when there’s no master Sorcerer to come fix the mess he’s created?

One of my favorite podcasts is The Emerald by Joshua Schrei, which explores contemporary issues from a mythological lens.

The episode So You Want to Be a Sorcerer in the Age of Mythic Powers on AI was so engrossing I listened to it five times. So, it only seemed natural to have a conversation with him when I was invited to participate in the AI & Your Life summit last year.

If you want to know more about the Summit, go to Wisdomforlife.life

This talk was recorded as part of AI & Your Life: The Essential Summit 2023. For more information, visit www.WisdomForLife.life.

Below is the link to the original Emerald episode that inspired me to connect with Joshua. I think you will find it deeply thought-provoking.

https://theemeraldpodcast.buzzsprout.com/317042/13210102