Being Human

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is intuitive healer, mentor and life teacher Fiona Arrigo. What I found so compelling about Fiona is her profound belief that we can heal ourselves. With so many of us right now - including me sometimes - seeking external sources for our wellbeing, she's part of a growing movement of people rediscovering their innate healing potential. On this basis, she has developed her healing method The Arrigo Programme, where she offers a multi-layered approach to anything from anxiety and depression to relationship issues, chronic pain, or simply a feeling of losing our way. We talk: What it means to be human Working on the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels How surviving a severe car crash became a spiritual awakening How there is no blueprint Owning "I don't know" Links: The Arrigo Programme Fiona's Instagram

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is ecological economist and writer Tim Jackson. Tim's view is that we need to give up our obsession with GDP and focus instead on human progress. He envisions a return to a focus on virtue and a re-prised role for institutions to integrate the desires of individuals with their social obligations.  His book Post Growth is both a manifesto for system change and an invitation to rekindle our connection with what it means to be human. We talk: Progress not economic growth Labour vs work Mugumo trees in Kenya The perils of unconstrained novelty-seeking Finding flow for sustainability Links: Tim's Website Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is Marina Efaimoglou. She has an interesting life story, to say the least. Whilst still in her twenties she was running her own investment firm having survived a cancer with 25% survival odds. The scare caused her re-evaluate her life. She later received a second diagnosis. This time, she was able to heal purely through natural methods. Her health quest led her to create the Euphoria Retreat in the Taygetus Mountains near Sparta in Greece. But it’s not all salads and massages, at its core is a spiritual inquiry into why we’re here. We talk: Surviving cancer twice The family crisis that set her free Using the Chinese 5 Elements to understanding healing Staring her own investment firm Leaving banking for her new life Links: Marina's Retreat - Euphoria

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is educator, mental health counsellor, yoga teacher and co-founder of the Center for Trauma and Embodiment (CFTE), Jenn Turner. Trauma is a pervasive aspect of all human experience. Understandably, it's one that no one wants to talk about, and yogis are no exception. Jenn's work is piercing this taboo in the yoga world. She's learning lessons about dealing with the impacts of buried pain that we can all apply in our lives, no matter our walk of life. We talk: The double-think of mainstream yoga Shifting from didact to 'holder of space' Embracing the chaos Why survivors must always be the authors of their healing The essence of trauma-sensitive leadership  Links: Jenn's Website Center for Trauma and Embodiment (CFTE) Embodied Healing - The Book

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ This week's guest on Being Human is Professor of Economics Steve Keen. Professor Keen has been on a mission to expose the failings of mainstream economic theory and policy. An economics dissident and author of 2001’s Debunking Economics, he warned about the 2008 economic crisis long before it happened. We talk: Why Neoclassical economic models are fantasies How nations manage to keep their ‘zombie economies’ going How economists are not prepared for the looming climate crisis  How those wary of "watermelon" communistic greens have reason to be fearful A realistic model of the economy A new politics to de-zombify our economies Links: Professor Keen's Books Professor Keen's Patreon eCONomics - The Comic

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Why are measures of stress and anxiety on the rise when materially we seem to have it so good? This is a question that my guest this week, Mark Blyth has set out to discover. In his book Angrynomics, Mark explores the rising tide of anger and proposes radical new solutions for an increasingly polarized world. Mark is as entertaining as he is passionate, we talk: Why we're so angry The failure of 'trickle-up' neo-liberalism The golden opportunity that rich governments are not taking Why inflation isn't the problem Towards a Capitalism 4.0 Links: Angrynomics Angrynomics - The Book

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ How many of us during our school years learned the teachings of Epictetus or Seneca? Perhaps you were lucky. With the world as it is right now, there's a great need for the perennial wisdom of the ancients. My guest this week, Kayvan Kian, has been leading a series of philosophical dialogues within the Young Leaders Forum he founded. He condensed the essence of these conversations into his book What is Water? In it, Kayvan shifts the focus away from overwhelm and toward virtues and strategies that will help you grow stronger through it all. In this episode, we talk: The Bricks, Pillars and Schools metaphor Magical celebrations Learning to talk less The power of dialogue Cultivating virtue Links: What Is Water? - The Book

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ Why are some people magnetic, confident, comfortable in their skin, and in charge of their destinies? What’s their secret? This week's author Leslie Ehm, believes she has the answer in one word: Swagger. Leslie talks about how her philosophy shatters the myths around “fake it ’til you make it”, and we why need to dig deep to uncover and express our real selves. What I love about Leslie is that she’s not shy about tackling what’s blocking many of us from finding our swagger and that’s addressing our underlying pain. In this episode, we talk: The true definition of swagger What's blocking your real self How far we can heal pain Embracing our weirdness Professionalism vs. authenticity Links: Swagger - The Book Leslie's Website Leslie's Instagram

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ What does it mean to be a good organisation in a world of unbounded individualism and ferocious social Darwinism? A rebellious professor and a business insurgent believe they have an answer. Professor at the University of St. Gallen Antoinette Weibel and Otti Vogt, ex-COO of ING, join us this week to talk about the new project they've co-founded called Good Organisations. They believe the “anything goes” narrative of our postmodern world cannot be upheld. Antionette and Otti join the show to tell us that we need to re-learn how to put virtues first and craft “good organisations” that enable human flourishing. In this episode, we talk: Healthy feminine and healthy masculine The role of healing and dialogical learning The curse of unbounded individualism How Agile = 'Lipstick on a Pig' The need for revolution Links: Good Organisations

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/ We're back with much loved former guest, David Chislett. David is a South African punk rocker-turned-creativity consultant, now living deep in a Dutch forest. As well as helping companies to unleash his weapons of mass creation, David is a poet supported by a band of loyal Patreon subscribers. David shares with us his journey to create a virtual community around his poetry and the steps he took to achieve it. In this episode, we talk: Discipline in creativity We are what we do Dealing with psychological triggers Can art truly impact culture? Managing tour bands Links: David's Poetry Patreon With All Of You - The Book David's Personal Website