Into the Magic Shop

How can diet and lifestyle decrease stress and anxiety in your life? In this latest episode, Dr. Dean Ornish, considered by many to be the father of the fastest growing trend in medicine today: lifestyle medicine, discusses the connection between mind, body and spirit.“Science, love, spirituality and meaning are what everything is really about. It's the basis of healing. It's the basis of joy. If it's meaningful, it's sustainable.”Dean hit rock bottom in his early twenties, and was at one point contemplating suicide as a way out. But as the saying goes, when the student is ready, the teacher appears. And for Dean, that teacher came in the form of an ecumenical spiritual teacher named Swami Satchidananda, who told him: “Nothing can bring us lasting health and happiness. That's the bad news. The good news is we already have it.”Dean changed his diet, learned to meditate, did some exercise, had more love in heart, and transformed his life. “And so the question is not, ‘how can I get what I think I need to be happy and healthy’. But rather, ‘how can I stop disturbing what's already there?’ And that's a really empowering realization.”If you’re suffering from stress, anxiety or depression. If you’re looking to heal. If you’re wondering what you can do to protect yourself better against COVID. If you’re ready to change your diet and lifestyle to a plant based one, don’t miss Dean Ornish on Into The Magic Shop.On today’s podcast: Learning from ecumenical spiritual teacher Swami Satchidananda Nothing can bring you lasting happiness The value of meditation Stopping and reversing Alzheimers with lifestyle changes Increasing your resistance to COVID Links: Book - Undo It! Effect of comprehensive lifestyle changes on telomerase activity

Many of us have significant struggles with addiction, and while they may not be completely private, not many of us have had to address our personal failings in such a public forum as Hunter Biden, second son of US President Joe Biden. “So many families or individuals get lost in hiding the reality of their own addiction. And the problem, the more you hide from the light, the darker it gets.”In this episode of Into The Magic Shop, Hunter shares what it’s like to grow up in the public space and learn how to address his own personal failings while moving forward in the world. Because we have to remember that behind all of this is a human being striving to survive. “One of the principles that I try to live by is to take responsibility for the things that I am responsible for. And, not to be trite, but also realize the things that I have the ability to change in my life, and realize the ones that I don't.”In Hunter’s memoir, Beautiful Things, he talks about his history, his childhood, losing his mother and sister in a car accident in which he was grievously injured too, and then losing his brother Beau to glioblastoma, as well as his years of alcohol and cocaine abuse, and how Melissa’s love saved him.“That's the hard work that people don't understand. That it’s done not just by the addict, but by the people that love them.”If you’re struggling with tragedy, if you find it hard to focus on life’s beautiful moments, if you’re learning to overcome your failings, or you need inspiration to help you move forward in your life, don’t miss Hunter Biden on Into The Magic Shop.On today’s podcast: The genesis for Beautiful Things Being public about his addiction All addiction has a root in trauma Social connections are key to a long life Links: Gabor Maté  Beautiful Things - Hunter Biden

Introducing Into the Magic Shop, launching October 2021.