Aarti Sequeira is probably best known as a mainstay on the Food Network after being the underdog winner of the sixth season of Food Network star. We love her for her incredible spirit.For more of Aarti:Website: https://aartisequeira.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/aartipaartipicsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aartifanpageTo become a patron and help this program continue producing Mood Altering Substance, go to www.patreon.com/hellohuman and pledge any amount.For more of us:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellohumans.co/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellohumans.co/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelloHumans_coAnd if you’d like to buy us a coffee (or burrito) once a month to help us keep going, you can become a patron by going to https://www.patreon.com/hellohuman and making a pledge of any amount.

Jen Pastiloff is the author of "On Being Human", and travels the world with her unique workshop “On Being Human,” a hybrid of yoga-related movement, writing, sharing out loud, letting the snot fly, and the occasional dance party.For more of Jen:Website: https://jenniferpastiloff.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenpastiloffFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferPastiloffTo become a patron and help this program continue producing Mood Altering Substance, go to www.patreon.com/hellohuman and pledge any amount.For more of us:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellohumans.co/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellohumans.co/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelloHumans_coAnd if you’d like to buy us a coffee (or burrito) once a month to help us keep going, you can become a patron by going to https://www.patreon.com/hellohuman and making a pledge of any amount.

Marianne Williamson is a bestselling author, political activist and spiritual thought leader.For over three decades Marianne has been a leader in spiritual and religiously progressive circles. She is the author of 14 books, four of which have been #1 New York Times best sellers. A quote from the mega best seller A Return to Love, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure…” is considered an anthem for a contemporary generation of seekers.For more of Marianne:Website: https://marianne.com/Instagram: www.instagram.com/mariannewilliamson/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianneTo become a patron and help this program continue producing Mood Altering Substance, go to www.patreon.com/hellohuman and pledge any amount.For more of us:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellohumans.co/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellohumans.co/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelloHumans_coAnd if you’d like to buy us a coffee (or burrito) once a month to help us keep going, you can become a patron by going to https://www.patreon.com/hellohuman and making a pledge of any amount.

Via Blinknow.org:Maggie created the BlinkNow Foundation to sustain, grow, and support Kopila Valley Children’s Home and School in Nepal, and to serve as a vehicle to share her ideas with young people, especially children in the U.S. Maggie believes that in the blink of an eye, we can all make a difference. At age 19, Maggie used her life savings to build a home for orphaned children in war-ravaged Nepal. Today, she is mom to over 50 children. In 2010, she opened a school for the region’s most impoverished children. The school now serves 400 students and is rated top in the region. Maggie was named 2015 CNN Hero of the Year. She was honored by the Dalai Lama as an Unsung Hero of Compassion in 2014.For more of Maggie:Website: https://blinknow.org/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maggiedoyne/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maggiedoyneTo become a patron and help this program continue producing Mood Altering Substance, go to www.patreon.com/hellohuman and pledge any amount.For more of us:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellohumans.co/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellohumans.co/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelloHumans_coAnd if you’d like to buy us a coffee (or burrito) once a month to help us keep going, you can become a patron by going to https://www.patreon.com/hellohuman and making a pledge of any amount.

Reggie watts is a funny man, music maker, and one of my all time creative heroes.

Jeremy Courtney is founder and CEO of Preemptive Love, a global organization providing relief, jobs, and community to end war. For the past 15 years, Jeremy has served families on the frontlines of the world’s biggest crises—the rise of ISIS in Iraq, civil war in Syria, and the refugee crisis on the US-Mexico border. Jeremy is the author of two acclaimed books, Love Anyway: An Invitation Beyond a World That’s Scary as Hell and Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time. He is a sought-after speaker and authority on peacemaking, conflict resolution, and the integration of activism, spirituality, and leadership. From the main stage at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates to more intimate venues across the globe, Jeremy offers a compelling vision—forged on the frontlines of conflict—for how we can heal what’s tearing us apart. His work has been featured on CNN, the BBC, Fox News, The Washington Post, and the New York Times.Jeremy lives in Iraq with his wife Jessica, co-founder of Preemptive Love, and their two children, Emma and Micah.

Michael Gungor is a Grammy-nominated musician, author, and spiritual seeker.

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Peter Rollins is an author, philosopher, storyteller, producer and public speaker who has gained an international reputation for overturning traditional notions of religion and forming “churches” that preach the Good News that we can’t be satisfied, that life is difficult, and that we don’t know the secret.Challenging the idea that faith concerns questions relating to belief, Peter’s incendiary and religionless reading of Christianity attacks the distinction between the sacred and the secular. It critiques theism and it sets aside questions regarding life after death to explore the possibility of life before death.For more of Peter:Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterRollinsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/peter_rollins/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OrthodoxHeretic/To become a patron and help this program continue producing Mood Altering Substance, go to www.patreon.com/hellohuman and pledge any amount.For more of us:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellohumans.co/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellohumans.co/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelloHumans_coAnd if you’d like to buy us a coffee (or burrito) once a month to help us keep going, you can become a patron by going to https://www.patreon.com/hellohuman and making a pledge of any amount.

At 19, while in his sophomore year of college, BJ was electrocuted and subsequently became a triple amputee. Undaunted, BJ returned to Princeton to study art history and eventually decided to focus on medicine, which ultimately led him into palliative care. Palliative care is a specialty that focuses on patients with life limiting and terminal illnesses, it requires an intimate knowledge of death and a heart that is courageous enough to look into the darkest corners of ourselves to find out what we are ultimately living for. The famed German poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote, "Let everything happen to you, beauty and terror, just keep going, no feeling is final,"BJ is the living embodiment of this idea.For more of BJ:Twitter: https://twitter.com/bjmillermdTo become a patron and help this program continue producing Mood Altering Substance, go to www.patreon.com/hellohuman and pledge any amount.For more of us:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellohumans.co/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellohumans.co/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelloHumans_coAnd if you’d like to buy us a coffee (or burrito) once a month to help us keep going, you can become a patron by going to https://www.patreon.com/hellohuman and making a pledge of any amount.