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#54: Bringing Relationship back into Mindfulness with Amaranatho

May 15, 2020 Hacking the Self 00:44:37

In my second conversation with Amaranatho, we talk about how to bring mindfulness more meaningfully into our lives and, specifically, our relationships. Westerners already tend towards individualism, and gravitating towards intensive meditation practice can sometimes reinforce the preference of...

#53: Coming back to Awareness with Amaranatho

May 6, 2020 Hacking the Self 00:58:35

This week I speak with Amaranatho, who was a Buddhist monk for 15 years under the guidance of a very well respected teacher in the Thervada Buddhist tradition, Ajahn Sumedho. Ajahn Sumedho was one of the original Western disciples...

#52: The Paleo Way with Paleo Robbie Co-Founder Erik Verspui

March 7, 2019 Hacking the Self 1:05:57

I sat down with the co-founder of Bangkok based Paleo Robbie, a company that provides high quality wild caught fish and pasture raised meats, along with a host of other delicious and nutritious products. For those based in Bangkok...

5 Basic Principles to Optimize your Health

January 30, 2019 Hacking the Self

Last week I stayed with two friends in San Francisco, husband and wife. Both of them work demanding jobs in private equity and public relations, respectively. Like many of my friends in the US, their work is demanding and...

#51: Reducing Stress with Chinese Herbalism: a conversation with Roger Drummer Part 2

January 25, 2019 Hacking the Self 57:39

This is the second half of my conversation on Chinese Herbalism with Roger Drummer. Roger is the founder of Herb Works and the man who formulated its various, exceptional products, such as Tian Chi and Inner Peace. A brief description...

Faith

January 23, 2019 Hacking the Self

Faith. It is a word with which I have uncomfortable for much of my life. One reason is the association that it has in particular religious contexts, and the way commonly cited descriptions of this world view did not...

Dealing with Dis-ease

January 17, 2019 Hacking the Self

In January of 2017, just shy of my 36th birthday I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. Conventionally, a diagnosis of osteoporosis is determined by a DEXA scan, which assesses, among other things, one’s Bone Mineral Density (BMD). If you have...

#50: Reducing Stress with Chinese Herbalism: a conversation with Roger Drummer Part 1

January 10, 2019 Hacking the Self 1:00:37

This is the first of a two part conversation on Chinese Herbalism with Roger Drummer. Roger is the founder of Herb Works and the man who formulated its various, exceptional products, such as Tian Chi and Inner Peace. A...

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