The Being Human Podcast with Richard Atherton

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ I'm delighted to say that we're back this week with one of the most thoughtful guys I know, Kayvan Kian. He has a new book, What Is Wisdom?: A Collection of Practical Thoughts for Better Decisions in Life, in which he invites us to channel different philosophers to help us think through life's challenges and opportunities more carefully.  The main takeaway from my conversation with Kayvan was the importance of slowing down. Also, the need to make time to think whilst reflecting on how we're thinking. It's this that can help us to dramatically improve our decision making. Links: What Is Wisdom - The Book Kayvan's Website 

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest is author and Jungian psychotherapist Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, PhD. The lasting effects of individual trauma are now widely recognized. But what of the consequences of trauma two, three or four generations down the line? Tirzah's book Wounds Into Wisdom makes a compelling case that trauma legacies can be transformed and healed. We talk: Facing your loss  Trauma passing down generations  Weaponising our trauma  Embracing, then releasing victimhood  Seven principles of recovery Links: Tirzah's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest is Dr. Howard Schubiner, director of the Mind Body Medicine Center at Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan and Clinical Professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine. According to Dr. Schubiner, our chronic pain is often a learned response or association, meaning that we have conditioned ourselves to associate a trigger with a reaction. Dr. Schubiner suggests that we can "re-wire" our neural circuits to undo this conditioning using his Mind-Body approach.  If you're suffering from chronic pain or have friends and family that do, Dr Schubiner is well worth a listen.  We talk: Howard's conversion to mind-body thinking Medicine's blind spot Job satisfaction and back pain  How forgiveness can heal you physically How pain protects us Links: The Unlearn Your Pain Website Unlearn Your Pain - The Book      Resources recommended by Dr. Hubiner:  The TMS Wiki - for those suffering from Tension Myositis Syndrome The Psychophysiologic Disorders Association - dedicated to ending chronic pain SIRPA (UK) - providing a cutting edge approach to chronic pain

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest is Jesse Thistle, author of the inspiring debut memoir, From the Ashes. Abandoned by his parents before becoming a high school dropout, Jesse is now a rising Indigenous scholar. His book charts the story of his life on the streets and how Jesse overcame trauma and addiction to discover the truth about who he is.   We talk: Hiding from the police as a toddler Attempting to get killed by his dealer Finding redemption in prison From undergrad to professor in 7 years How recovery happens in loving communities Jesse's truly is an incredible story.      Links: From The Ashes - The Book Jesse's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest is Dr. Jeffrey Rediger, instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and medical director for the McLean South East Adult Psychiatric Programs.  A licensed physician and board-certified psychiatrist, he also has a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. Observing the common denominators of people who have beaten the odds, Dr. Rediger reveals the immense power of our immune system and unlocks the secrets of the mind-body connection.  We talk: Remarkable recoveries The curse of sugar Overcoming Decartes’ mind-body split The 4 pillars of great health The power of prayer Links: Cured - The Book Dr. Rediger's Website

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week’s guest is Kevin Hancock, CEO of one of the oldest family businesses in the United States. Kevin used to be a hard-charging, traditional leader, until one day, when felt his throat tightening and found it difficult to speak or be understood. His diagnosis: spasmodic dysphonia, an incurable and rare condition that causes throat spasms. Out of this adversity came a radical shift in leadership and a brand new set of ideas that focused on him doing less, flipping the script on the leadership model, bringing unprecedented performance to his company. We talk: Asking questions as leadership Getting clear in Pine Ridge Astonishing business results Travelling from the head to the heart Advancing humanity Links: The Business Of Shared Leadership

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week’s guest is perhaps one of the most experienced change leaders and advisors on the planet, Jake Jacobs. For over 35 years, he has worked in 61 industries, helping over 210.000 people implement changes in their businesses. What I love about Jake is his fearlessness in calling out what leaders really must do to achieve change in their businesses. We talk: The importance of leverage Thinking and acting as if the future were now Following the energy (you don’t always have to start at the top) The importance of large group work The paradox of honouring continuity to achieve change Links: Jake Jacobs Consulting  

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is Dr Will Van Derveer. Will is the founder and medical director of the Integrative Psychiatric Healing Center where he has practised integrative psychiatry for 15 years. After discovering that his conventional psychiatric training was inadequate to answer many of his patients' challenges, he took an entire year out to meditate. Finding that meditation alone was also not the answer; he began investigating psychedelic therapy to resolve the root causes of common problems such as depression, anxiety, and insomnia. We talk: The power of using MDMA in therapy Will's ayahuasca experience The importance of sleep How meditation is not always enough 'Weirding' your way to healing Links: The Integrative Psychiatry Institute

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human has one of the most extraordinary life stories of anyone I’ve met. I give you Guy Felicella. Guy grew up in a middle-class home but fell into addiction at a young age. He spent 30 years in the repeated cycle of gangs, addiction, treatment, and jail. But a pivotal meeting with one of Canada’s most celebrated doctors changed the course of his life.  Guy is now nine years sober and in a stable relationship with three children, a remarkable turnaround. We dive into how he was able to achieve such a remarkable recovery. We talk: 30 years of gang life Meeting Gabor Mate The trauma therapy that changed everything Practicing 'doing kind' Confronting his abuser mother Links: Guy's Website Guy's Twitter   

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is Darcia Narvaez, Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame. I love Darcia's work because, unlike other psychologists, she doesn't simply look at our society's current pathologies and ask, how do we fix this? She takes in the broad sweep of human societal evolution and notes how our current ways of being and relating haven't always been so. She focuses especially on what we can learn from past and present indigenous cultures. We talk: How agriculture gave us hierarchy Predatory individualism and the cycle competive detachment Pre-competitive cultures Feeling the trees scream The power of the Gift Economy Links: Breaking The Cycle - The Film Evolved Nest Kindred Media Darcia's University of Notre Dame Website