In our podcast, we delve into the transformative experiences offered by Dimensions Retreats, exploring how our integrative programs—Ascend, Elevate, and Wellness—blend neuroscience, somatic therapy, and the healing power of nature to foster deep personal growth.
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In-depth conversations around making life as good as it can be, with people from all walks of life dedicated to exploring, healing, expanding, or transforming the self. We are especially focused on psychedelics, heat and cold exposure, breathwork, and other practices that take us to the limits of human experience in both body and mind, so that we can better find our selves. Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have re ...
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On the Painting Experience podcast, founder Stewart Cubley explores the potential of the emerging field of process arts and shares inspiration and insights from his ongoing workshops and retreats.
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The Mental Health and Wealth Show is hosted by Melanie Lockert, author of Dear Debt and founder of Lola Retreat. The podcast covers all things money and mental health. On the show, Melanie interviews mental health professionals, financial professionals, and people who share their struggles with money and mental health.
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Dharma Insight | Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville
Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville (IMCC)
Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville (IMCC) is a charitable organization located in central Virginia that offers a full range of Buddhist insight (Vipassana) meditation retreats, courses, and weekly dharma talks. Insight meditation practices have been taught for more than 2500 years as part of a path to liberation of mind and heart from suffering. These practices are dedicated to cultivating awareness, kindness and compassion to help bring more mindfulness and calm into our daily ...
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Episode 5: Connection as Medicine - The Healing Power of Community
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24:48In this episode of Retreat, Reset, Transform, we explore how early attachment patterns influence our ability to form meaningful connections. The conversation delves into the unique power of immersive retreat settings, where safety and coregulation provide a foundation for relational healing. By fostering trust and presence, these environments suppo…
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Dante Liberato - Psychedelics, Ultra Running, MMA
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1:12:42Dante is an accomplished athlete and seasoned psychedelic explorer, committed to pushing the boundaries of both body and mind. Today we talk about his background as an MMA fighter, the pivotal role psychedelics played in reshaping his path, ultra-running, injuries, his upcoming 500-mile challenge, men's work, guiding others through inner transforma…
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Trauma is more than just an event it is how the body, mind, and spirit respond to overwhelming experiences.By Dimensions Retreats
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Inside the ELEVATE+ program - When therapy, nature, community and somatic healing come together to create the conditions for deep transformation.By Dimensions Retreats
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Dr. Matt Wall - Psychedelics, fMRI, Neurological Research
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1:39:47Dr. Matt Wall is a psychologist, neuroscientist, and fMRI specialist at Perceptive and Imperial College London, where he researches the neurological dimensions of cannabis, psychedelics, sex hormones, addiction, and more. Today we talk about various aspects of his work, including the current state of brain research on psychedelics, the promises and…
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Chris Lovett - Minimalism, Simplicity, Less
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1:17:49Chris is an author, speaker, and storyteller who has spent years exploring the art of living with less. His approach is humble, insightful, direct, and necessarily simple. Today we talk about his personal journey into minimalism—starting with material possessions and expanding into the day-to-day realities of professional life, including the inner …
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Episode 2: Cannabis Assisted Psychotherapy
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17:48Cannabis assisted psychotherapy, the hero's journey and Dimension's ELEVATE program.By Dimensions Retreats
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The power of retreat, the 5-minute mindfulness practice for stress reduction.By Dimensions Retreats
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Tim Matz - Movement, Connection, Nature
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1:05:00Tim is a father, husband, traditional bow hunter, and multidisciplinary movement coach who you might know as Move Like Human. Today we talk about moving in nature, creating community, navigating the chaos of the internet and social media, fatherhood, adventures in the Kalahari, and more. You can find Tim here: www.timmatz.com Insta: @movelikehuman …
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Boyan Milouchev - Nonduality & the Physical Path to Awakening
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1:08:13Boyan explores life from a non-dual (non-)perspective, moving along his path toward unity while guiding others to move along their paths as well. We met through the online primal training course, where we have delved into many of the themes we discuss today: movement and stillness, body and mind; suffering, resilience, mindfulness, and more. You ca…
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Barak Ben Dov, pt. II - Dimensions of Time
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1:35:48This is our second published conversation. Barak remains a kind of phenomenon, a creative force who channels curiosity, compassion, and insight in often surprising ways. Unique, gentle, and sincere. Today our conversation delves into the dimensions of time and consciousness, compassion and service to others, the development of models and language t…
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Barak Ben Dov - Experiments with Reality
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1:54:36Maybe the best way to describe Barak is as a kind of phenomenon, a creative force who channels curiousity, compassion, and insight in often surprising ways. He is a keen observer and playful participant. Unique. Gentle. Sincere. Today our conversation dances around the limits of thought and emotion, feeling and intelligibility; trauma, awareness, a…
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Richard Whall - Physical Intelligence, Biotensegrity, Bodymind
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1:36:21Richard Whall is Senior Lecturer in Human Movement, thoughtfully exploring ways to develop our physical intelligence and define what it might actually mean to be physically educated. Today we talk about the biotensegrity model and how it helps us to conceptualize the bodymind as a unified whole; we talk about the difficulties faced when trying to c…
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Jason Myles Morrisen - Nomadic Life, Gentleness, Grit
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1:41:46Jason leads a nomadic life, traveling through Europe with his homemade bike and guitar; with uncommon grace he manages to balance gentle thoughtfulness and raw grit, with many other qualities besides. I picked him up on the side of the road when he was in a tough situation, and we ended up sharing a few days together on the farm. Today we talk abou…
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Soten Lynch - Meditation, Altered States, Kalahari Persistence Race
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1:50:35Soten is a dedicated practitioner and teacher of meditation, as well as avid long-distance runner. He was the first person to sign up for the first ever Persistence Race, in which we will be running 150km through the Kalahari with the world’s last remaining persistence hunters. Today we talk about his meditative path and how it intersects with long…
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A talk given at Omega Institute on June 15, 2023. In this talk, stewart Cubley explores: The qualities of listening required in process painting The various barriers of thinking that attempt to prevent our deepest expression How to be with oneself in the act of painting The meaning of darker moments when difficulties arise The purpose of restrictio…
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Agnieszka & Prash - VR, Psychedelics, Integration
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1:18:04Agnieszka & Prash are the co-founders of Enosis Therapeutics, a company that has created a VR tool which allows us to create and interact with our own inner worlds in a uniquely tangible way. Today we talk about applications for psychedelic therapy, integration, sharing access to our mental space, technology as a tool for improving the human experi…
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Today I am interviewed by James Lambert, the guest on the previous episode. We talk about life, work, and some of the glories as well as the challenges of being. If you'd prefer to watch us you can find the interview on James' YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw3Z0TDdzNM Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic the…
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James Lambert - Bareknuckle Boxing, Inner Peace, Love
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47:20James Lambert is a personal trainer, life coach, doorman (US: bouncer), and recently retired bareknuckle boxing champion. His presence is a unique combination of calm, humility, and thoughtfulness paired with the focus, dedication, and strength necessary for success in a world of oftentimes brutal combat. Today we talk about his life, his work, and…
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Ocean - Spirit, Living Wild, Rites of Passage
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1:25:03Ocean is an itinerant explorer of realms both physical and spiritual, combining a critical mind with a unique openness to the power of the natural world. She works with a mixture of modalities learned from indigenous traditions and many years of direct experience in nature. Today we talk about living in the wild, going barefoot, plant medicine, com…
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Matt Rossano - Ritual, Religion, Human Evolution
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1:58:19Matt Rossano is a prolific evolutionary psychologist with a unique and compelling view on what makes us human. Today we talk about the role of ritual in religion and community both secular and nonsecular, the evolution of our species and our societies, experiencing the supernatural vs. explaining it, our various efforts at living a good life, and m…
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Financial Enabling vs Financial Generosity: An Interview with Lindsay Bryan-Podvin
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47:19In this episode, I bring back financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin. Lindsay is a biracial financial wellness expert, speaker, and author of the book "The Financial Anxiety Solution”. Lindsay uses a shame-free approach to help people get their minds and money in balance by focusing on the intersection of money and mental health using financial t…
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On Divorce and Bankruptcy + How to Get Control Over Your Physical, Mental, and Financial Health: An Interview with Kyle Nichol
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1:10:49Kyle Nichol has experienced divorce, bankruptcy, severe mental illness, and depression. In this episode, Kyle talks about his stories and how he started over. He also shares tips from his new book “Mind Body and Money” on how to manage physical, mental, and financial health. “The one thing that people can really use more of is just control. Control…
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Connecting Money to the 8 Dimensions of Wellness to Achieve a Healthier, Wealthier, and Happier Life: An Interview with Jason Vitug
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52:39In today’s episode, I’m bringing back my friend Jason Vitug who is a wellness advocate and best-selling author of two books, ‘Happy Money, Happy Life’ and ‘You Only Live Once’. He's the founder of phroogal.com and is an award-winning creator of the Road to Financial Wellness Project. He is also a certified diversity, equity, and inclusion expert, a…
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Maci Daye - Sex, Relationships, Awakened Intimacy
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1:45:42Maci is a skilled and insightful therapist focused on helping couples harness the growth potential of Awakened Intimacy. As she says, “We become more intimate and self-aware on this path because of challenges, not despite them. And we embrace the difficulties of erotic coupling with a curious and open heart.” Today we talk about sex and intimate re…
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Tarzan / Victor - Climbing Trees, Transforming Fear, Simian Movement
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1:20:16Victor Manuel Fleites is an insightful explorer of movement and refreshingly unfettered lover of nature, known mainly as Tarzan. He has been climbing trees since he was a child in Cuba, and over the years has gradually built up a practice he calls Tarzan Movement, inspired by his observation of our simian relatives. Today we talk about finding peac…
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Rafe Kelley - Movement, Mind, Meaning
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1:58:38Rafe is a deep thinker, mover, and practitioner of parkour in nature. He is the founder of Evolve Move Play, a practice of “movement training for humans” based out of the Pacific Northwest US. Today we cover movement, body, mind, parkour, advice for developing an ecology of practice, the hero’s journey toward a meaningful life, and quite a bit more…
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Nourish Podcast: An Interview with Kasia Krzoska
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51:05Kasia Krzoska, the founder of Nourish Podcast, interviews Stewart and explores the rich territory of process painting. Defining & cultivating creativity How what we “resist” may be the door to spiritual awakening What “painting for process” vs. the product looks like The process of navigating “unknowns” and creation - the parallels between painting…
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How to Mentally and Financially Prepare to Take a Gap Year and Have an Adventure with Your Family: An Interview with Heidi Dusek
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47:08What would it look like to take a gap year and travel with your family? Find out in this episode as I chat with Heidi Dusek. Heidi is known as the “Adventurous Mom” and the podcast host and founder of Ordinary Sherpa, an online community designed to inspire families to connect through simple and authentic adventure experiences. You will hear her st…
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Sam Friedman - Psychedelics, Machine Learning, Dimensions of Meaning
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1:30:05Sam Friedman is a pioneering researcher at the Broad Institute dedicated to using machine learning to map the salient features of human health. Today we talk about his recent studies of psychedelics and the human mind; we cover his insights into the various axes along which psychedelic experience can be understood; the ontological status of our alt…
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On Post-Traumatic Growth, Psychedelics, Overcoming Depression and Achieving a Healthy Money Mindset: An Interview with Benoit Kim
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1:04:56Benoit Kim is a US army veteran, Penn-educated former policymaker turned psychotherapist, and host of the Discover More Podcast. In this episode, he shares how he got his depression, his coping mechanism to overcome it, and how it led him to shift into a different career. We also talk about the phenomenon called post-traumatic growth (which is on t…
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Bjorn Olson - Going Carnivore, Adventure, Activism, & the Meaning of Life
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2:03:59Bjorn Olson is a red-blooded Alaskan explorer, film-maker, carnivore, activist, and deep thinker. Today we talk about life as he lives it, adventuring far beyond the limits of what many might think possible. You can find him here: Website: mjolnirofbjorn.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGFhGkMCDAikQYJA0fWj8_Q Insta: https://www.instag…
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How to Create Wealth from a Place of Spirituality and Self-love: An Interview with Mandy Cheung
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42:40In today's episode, I chat with licensed corporate finance adviser and spiritual wealth coach Mandy Cheung. Mandy helps people beat their debt, build wealth, and control their future. We talk about the relationship between spirituality and money and how self-love helps us with our money mindset. "The law of attraction is more about the universe sen…
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Barbara Savage - Cultural Preservation, Shamanism, & Supernatural Truths
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1:21:05Barbara Savage is the founder of the Tribal Trust Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting indigenous cultures from around the world through a wide variety of projects and initiatives. Barbara shares some of the unique experiences she's amassed over 26 years working in remote locations with some of the world's last surviving hunter-gathe…
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Ultra Running as a Psychedelic Experience
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43:31This is basically a trip report from my first ultra marathon. 5 months ago the longest distance I had ever run was 21km; last week I did 93km, and next month I'm going for 180km. My physical training has been minimal, like maybe 25km per week of running on average. I've been focused instead on the psychological and the physiological, pushing to tra…
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Why We’re Seeing a Drop in the Financial Health of American Households and How We Can Improve It: An Interview with Angela Fontes
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37:36What is the difference between surviving and thriving? It’s all a matter of financial health. In today’s episode, I chat with Angela Fontes of the Financial Health Network about their Financial Health Pulse report. Find out how income, race, gender, and more all impact financial health and what we can do to improve our financial health. "I think we…
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How to Pay Off Your Debt By Getting the Help You Need: An Interview with Tasha Bishop of Apprisen
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55:02Are you struggling with debt? Do you feel depressed and anxious wondering how you can get support? Today's episode is brought to you in partnership with Apprisen, an organization that helps people with their finances and credit. I chat with Tasha Bishop, the Director of Digital Innovation at Apprisen on why debt causes so much shame and guilt, when…
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How to Get the Most Out of Life with Money, Purpose, Connection: An Interview with Doc G aka Jordan Grumet
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49:24Money can't buy everything. It can't buy you the most important stuff like love, health, and family. In this episode, learn how to have a rich and purposeful life regardless of money as I chat with Doc G aka Jordan Grumet about his new book on money and life advice as a hospice doctor. Jordan is a financial expert, host of the Earn & Invest podcast…
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The Connection Between Gut Health and Mental Health: An Interview with Dr. Ali Kazemi
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57:21Have you ever felt so anxious you feel sick to your stomach or need to go to the bathroom? How about when you feel depressed and your gut isn't working properly? Did you know that your gut is referred to as your second brain and has a big impact on your mental health? In this episode, I chat with Dr. Ali Kazemi, a gastroenterologist, about mental h…
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Amal Graafstra - Biohacking, Tech Implants, Dangerous Things
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1:50:34Amal Graafstra is a biohacker, engineer, entrepreneur, and deep thinker about our species' increasingly integrated relationship with technology. He is CEO of Dangerous Things and Vivokey, two pioneering companies dedicated to developing tech implants for general use. Today we talk about some of the specifics of the technology currently developed an…
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How to Feel Good About Your Money: An Interview with Aja Evans
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42:05Do you want to feel good about your money? Then listen to this episode as I chat with Aja Evans. Aja is a board-certified therapist who specializes in financial therapy. She’s coined the 'feel-good financial therapist’ because of her ability to use therapeutic approaches to improve financial outcomes for clients and listeners. Today when many peopl…
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Neil Harbisson - Life as a Cyborg, Perception, Connection
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1:11:57Neil Harbisson is the world’s first cyborg, neither human nor machine but a hybrid mix. Since 2004 when he got an antenna implanted in his skull he can perceive color as sound, receive phone calls directly to his head, listen in on the ultraviolet radiation of outer space, and more. He is part of a small community of experimental artists pushing th…
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How to Nurture Joy, Navigate Change, and Tap Into Aliveness: An Interview with Elena Sonnino
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53:10Elena Sonnino is a life coach, speaker, and yoga teacher who shares how her unexpected pregnancy taught her to nurture her joy. She also talks about her cancer and how it changed her money mindset. Listen in and learn simple and free ways to navigate change, find joy, and feel more alive regardless of all the uncertainties in life. "When I feel I’m…
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Eric Harbour - Breath, Performance, Enjoyment of Exercise
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1:55:07Eric Harbour is a researcher at Salzburg University dedicated to exploring the role of breath in exercise, in all of its facets. Here we discuss his recent paper Breath Tools, in which he outlines the key parameters of breath and their effects on training, performance, and the enjoyment of exercise through physiological and psychological pathways. …
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Recovering from Burnout and Starting a New Life: An Interview with Jessica from The Fioneers
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55:24In today's episode, I chat with Jessica from The Fioneers, an award-winning blog that focuses on building financial freedom and designing a life you truly love. Jessica is a full-time human being and a part-time writer and lifestyle design coach. We talk about how she recovered from burnout and how she had a transformative time with her relationshi…
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Dr. Michael Levin - Taking the Reins of Evolution, Bioengineering a Revolutionary Future
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1:17:52Part 3. The near future is unlikely to look remotely similar to anything this planet has ever experienced before. Bioengineering extends beyond regenerating limbs or custom-order brains; eventually it means that humans take the reins in directing the course of evolution. Dr. Michael Levin builds on our previous conversations and talks about the pra…
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Dr. Michael Levin - AI, Human Consciousness, and Crossing the Rubicon of Evolution
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1:04:52Part 2. Dr. Michael Levin builds on our previous conversation, centering more specifically on the moral and ethical implications of our rapidly approaching enmeshment with robotic and AI systems, crossing the Rubicon into an unknown future. We explore the relevant issues through the lens of biological continuity, explain in greater depth in part 1.…
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