The Superhumanize Podcast

Some people excel, even when things get tough in situations of uncertainty and instability. Have you ever wondered how they do this? How is it possible to succeed, no matter what the circumstances? Today's guest went on a mission to understand what separates those who succeed from those who fail and how each one of us can work on developing our full potential, in order to be the greatest version of ourselves.Rich Diviney has over 20 years of experience as a Navy SEAL Officer. He completed more than 13 overseas deployments - 11 of which were to Iraq and Afghanistan, achieved multiple leadership positions, including the Commanding Officer of a Navy SEAL Command.Rich was intimately involved in the world-renowned SEAL selection process, which whittles exceptional candidates down to a small cadre of the most elite optimal performers. But Rich was often surprised by which recruits washed out and which succeeded. Someone could have all the right skills and still fail, while recruits he might have initially dismissed would prove to be top performers. The seemingly objective criteria weren't telling him what he most needed to know: Who had what it took to be part of the world’s most elite military unit? Eventually, he cracked the code. Through years of observation, Rich learned to identify a successful recruit's core attributes, the innate traits for how a person performs as an individual and as part of a team. And this same methodology can be used by anyone in their personal or professional lives.Since his retirement in early 2017, Rich has worked as a speaker, facilitator, and consultant with the Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute and Simon Sinek Inc.Rich has taught leadership and optimal performance to more than five thousand business, athletic, and military leaders from organizations such as American Airlines, the San Francisco 49ers, Zoom, and Deloitte. He is also the author of the bestselling book The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance. And today he shares his insights and strategies with us.In this episode with Rich Diviney, you'll learn:-What a "badass" really is, and Rich's personal history...03:44-The process of identifying who's got what it takes and who doesn't...09:00-Five categories of grit and successful team building...15:30-How to use narcissism as a positive attribute...20:21-Identifying the key attributes that will allow us to achieve great things...25:11-The "open gates" technique to calm down the sympathetic nervous system...31:15-The difference between discipline and self-discipline...33:50-Core attributes of success...37:40-What builds cohesion - and toxicity - in a team...41:45-The traits of the achievers who finish the grueling SEAL training...47:12-The biggest challenge of making a major life transition...53:05-Rich's best personal practice...56:00-And much more!Guest's social media handles:InstagramFacebookLinkedInResources mentioned:Rich's websiteRich's Book: The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

Many of us believe that the culture we live in mirrors innate human nature. But today’s dominant cultures of competitive destructive detachment are rare and recent. Nearly every other culture that has ever existed during our species history over millions of years has been one of connected cooperative companionship. We evolved in cooperative bands of kin and nonkin where we were nurtured and welcomed by all members of the community. We lived together, we gathered food together, we sang together, and we danced together. We knew it would have been impossible to survive on our own. But together, we thrived.Today, we are living in a culture that goes against everything it means to be human. Our culture emphasizes toughness over tenderness, isolation instead of togetherness, even for babies. As a result, we are depressed, anxious, chronically ill, and at the bottom of every international indicator for health. We are stuck in a Cycle of Competitive Detachment where we feel disconnected from others and even ourselves, while at the same time feeling we have to compete for anything worthwhile. There is a way, not only to break this cycle, but to create a new cycle, one that reclaims our humanity and helps us heal ourselves and our culture. We can create a cycle of connected, cooperative companionship.To heal ourselves and our world, we simply must return to this way of nurturing children and communities. And today's guest TEACHES how to restore the Cycles of Connected, Cooperative Companionship.Darcia Narvaez is a Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame, who has written extensively on issues of character, moral development and human flourishing and whose work encompasses the neurology of moral development, as well as the study of evolved parenting practices.Narvaez is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Educational Research Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Amongst other, she is the author of the books Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality, and Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth.She is also the founder of https://evolvednest.org, an online platform dedicated to restore human nature to its cooperative orientation, its original and "normal" human heritage.In this episode with Dr. Darcia Narvaez, you'll discover:-A bit of Dr. Darcia's backstory...05:16-A brief history of humanity, and where things went wrong...08:15-How the "Western Enlightenment" has shaped the world as we know it...12:55-Break the cycle of dis-ease with the "Evolved Nest"...17:50-How to nourish underdevelopment in the brain from childhood hardships...31:53-Nurturing a sense of "mattering" as a means of thriving in life...37:27-Connecting with the "one mind" on a deep level...44:02-Rites of passage have tragically gone by the wayside in modern society...47:20-How to encourage healing in adults who have experienced trauma in the past...50:15-A practice Dr. Darcia relies on for success in life...59:40-And much more...Resources mentioned:Evolved Nest websiteDr. Darcia's personal websiteRestoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet EarthNeurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture, and WisdomGuest's social handles:FacebookLinkedIn

Have you ever felt like there is something wrong with the story you have been told? Like something is profoundly off with the worldview that has been taught to us? You are not alone. More and more of us feel like we have been given a false and outdated narrative, about ourselves, the Universe and our place in it. And today we are at a point where cutting edge new science AND ancient spiritual wisdom are merging, offering us a new understanding of reality that can guide the human family, the individual and collective consciousness to evolve, leading us out of dis-ease and to the healing of humanity and the planet.Separation is an illusion and the story of separation we have been told for the last few thousand years is at the root of many of the issues we are facing now.This episode's guest, Dr. Jude Currivan is a cosmologist, futurist and planetary healer and she joins us today to talk about the essential nature of the Universe and how cosmic unity permeates every level of existence, from the atomic, to the personal, to the galactic.Jude holds a PhD in Archeology from the University of Reading and a Masters Degree in Physics from Oxford University specializing in Cosmology and Quantum Physics.She is the co-founder of Whole World View and she is the author of six non-fiction books. Her latest, The Cosmic Hologram is the first of the Transformation trilogy. The second book in the series, GAIA: Her-Story, will be published this fall.The emerging realization that unity is the foundation of all being will profoundly impact humanity in the years to come, providing hope and inspiration that we can evolve and transform the world.In this episode with Jude Currivan, you'll discover:-Why the old paradigm of how we view the Universe is fundamentally flawed...04:16-Recent discoveries in the scientific community that corroborate Jude's worldview...08:20-Fractal patterns that define our existence...15:25-The beginning of the Universe was a Big Breath, not a "big bang"...20:10-Reconnect to the story of meaning on an individual level to help the collective heal...23:46-"Show me the evidence"...27:24-How we can embrace the non-local intelligence of the universe...31:21-Healing past trauma by connecting with Gaia, the Earth...35:11-A world of separation is a world in need of healing...38:40-Thinking cosmic, feeling global, acting local...42:44Resources mentioned:WEBSITESWhole World ViewEvolutionary LeadersBOOKSThe Cosmic HologramHOPE: Healing Our People & EarthThe 8th Chakra: What It Is And How It Can Transform Your Life

What if everything we were taught about consciousness by conventional science in the past was wrong? And what if there was proof that heaven exists? Imagine being a distinguished brain-surgeon, teaching at Harvard and you are convinced there is no afterlife. Until all of a sudden your brain dies and you are on life-support for seven days. And during these seven days you travel to the other side and meet God. This is the story of Dr. Eben Alexander. The American neurosurgeon’s book Proof of Heaven debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and his latest book Living in a Mindful Universe is a compelling introduction to the current paradigm shift in science, where the old nihilistic worldview where consciousness is merely a side effect of brain activity is now being replaced by the idea that consciousness is the fundamental basis of what defines and makes reality itself. Dr. Eben Alexander’s take on consciousness, mind, soul and love offers a compass to navigate the trying times of conflict and confusion we are currently experiencing. In this interview he not only talks about life after death, but also how to live a more meaningful existence right here and now and how his Near Death Experience completely changed his old worldview, which was until then, completely materialistic.In this interview with Eben Alexander, you'll discover:-The "Amnesia of the Divine"...02:49-How quantum physics has debunked the pseudo-science of materialism...07:00-Eben recounts his encounter with the Divine...12:45-How and when the "materialistic" worldview came in vogue around the world...21:33-How reconnecting with the spiritual realm eases anxiety and fear in this life...25:42-Prayer and living in a mindful universe...31:32-Why evil is necessary for personal and communal growth...37:40-What to say to those who maintain this life has no meaning...42:37-Ethical concerns over advances in the realm of extending our physical presence on Earth...49:25-Self-love as it relates to interconnectedness with others...54:04-Eben's best personal practice...Resources mentioned:Eben's websiteProof of HeavenThe Map of HeavenLiving in a Mindful UniverseDr. Larry Dossey's book One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part Of A Greater Consciousness And Why It MattersSteve Taylor's book Spiritual Science: Why Science Needs Spirituality To Make Sense Of The WorldPim van Lommel's book Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science Of The Near Death ExperienceInstitute of Noetic Sciences project on Spontaneous RemissionDr. Kelly A. Turner's book Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All OddsRadical Remission Project websiteEdward F. Kelly's booksBeyond Physicalism: Toward Reconciliation Of Science And SpiritualityIrreducible Mind: Towards A Psychology For The 21st CenturyThe Galileo CommissionSacred AcousticsBigelow Institute For Consciousness Studies

Would you like to learn about one of your most powerful tools and how to use it to command your destiny and to improve your life, love and business? And would it surprise you to know that this tool is your voice? If you have ever had the desire to amplify the power of your voice to lead, persuade and influence others and to truly stand in your power, then you will love this episode. No one knows how to leverage voice better than Arthur Samuel Joseph. He is the founder and chairman of the Vocal Awareness Institute and is renowned as one of the world's foremost communications strategists and authorities on the human voice. Arthur has taught globally for over five decades, and he has trained actors, athletes, business leaders, broadcasters, politicians and every day people who seek to empower themselves. Amongst his more known clients are luminaries such as Tony Robbins, Angelina Jolie, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery, Magic Johnson, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, to name just a few.Arthur says that the greatest impact speakers have in any conversation comes not only from the words they say, but from the sound of their voices. That it is not just the message, but the messenger that matters.Arthur's mission is to change the world through voice, because "When we own our voice, we own our power."In this episode with Arthur Joseph, you'll discover:-Why our voice is "us revealed"...03:30-The first steps in becoming "vocally aware"...08:30Surrender, Serve, Soar-Arthur demonstrates his techniques with Ariane...14:34-Why listening brings out the best in us and those with whom we interact...29:13-How to begin changing how you're perceived by yourself and by others around you...39:05-How to grasp our deepest longings and maximize our potential through our voice...46:19Resources mentioned:Arthur's websitePROGRAM: Achieve, Reclaim and Command Your DestinyHow to enhance your leadership communication, and presentation skills.How to accelerate the trajectory of your personal and professional life.How to learn to speak with your true, powerful, and authentic Voice.20% off with the code INTRO20Vocal Mastery for Leaders programBOOKSVocal PowerVocal LeadershipThe Sound of the Soul

When we are children, we ask questions upon questions. As adults, many of us lose that expression of innate curiosity and even become embarrassed about asking questions at all.And that is a shame, as questions are one of the most powerful tools to elevate ourselves and the world we live in.Questions are not only deeply revealing about the person who asks, but are profound drivers of our culture and of human history. The right question at the right time can change everything, from the course of a relationship to the course of the world.There is an art to asking the right questions and questions can also be wielded as weapons. How to learn one and to recognize and deal with the other is something this episode's guest is intimately familiar with.Warren Berger is a "questionologist". He is the author of internationally bestselling books such as The Book of Beautiful Questions, The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect and Lead and he also is the creator of the popular website www.amorebeautifulquestion.comWarren has interviewed and studied hundreds of the world’s leading innovators, designers, and creative thinkers to analyze how they ask fundamental questions, solve problems, and create new possibilities. He has zeroed in on the power of questioning in our lives and written about why questioning leads to innovation, how it can help you be more successful in your career, and how we can all get better at asking the kind of “beautiful questions” that spark change in our businesses and lives.In this episode with Warren, you'll discover:-The most profound question Warren has ever been asked...03:55-Why we question less as we mature...06:27-How to ask questions that stimulate meaningful, curiosity-based dialogue...12:14-The essential element(s) of identifying one's self as a "questionologist"...17:28-Why journalists today "JAQ" off in order to sway an audience to accept an ideology vs. lead to the truth...24:36-The one question a leader needs to ask...29:53-Questions it's best to avoid...36:20-Warren's best personal practice...41:00Resources mentioned:A More Beautiful QuestionThe Book of Beautiful QuestionsBeautiful Questions in the Classroom

In our lifetime we spend about 25 years asleep and for at least 6 of these years, we are dreaming.Dreams have fascinated philosophers for thousands of years, but only very recently dreams have become the subject of scientific study. I am certain that most of you who are listening have often wondered about your dreams, where they come from and what they mean and why you dream at all. My guest today has answers to these questions and some of them are as surprising as they are enlightening.Ian Wallace is a psychologist who specialises in dreams and dreaming. He is widely acclaimed in the media for his live dream analysis.Ian has an encyclopaedic knowledge of dreams and the dreaming process and over thirty years of experience of putting his learning into successful practice.Since graduating in Psychology, Ian has analysed hundreds of thousands of dreams for his clients during his professional career as a dream psychologist.As the author of the best-selling dream books, ‘The Top 100 Dreams’ and 'The Complete A to Z Dictionary of Dreams', he has increased public awareness of the value of dreams and sleep, and how to actually make practical use of them.Ian's experience and insight from this work leads him to believe that exploring our dreams is the most powerful and accessible way to realise what we want in life and how to achieve it. Ian is the originator of the Dream Connection Process, a unique and powerful method that enables anyone to connect the imagery and symbolism that they create in their dreams to situations and opportunities in waking life where they can use this awareness to make a healthy difference. He uses the Dream Connection Process with even the scariest and most disturbing nightmares, so that the dreamer can identify positive actions to take in waking life that will help them connect with their deepest hopes and aspirations. As Ian says to his clients, “A dream is just a dream until you put it into action'.In this episode with Dr. Ian Wallace, you'll discover:-Why a dream is the "ultimate selfie"...03:49-The optimal way to dealing with reoccurring dreams...06:49-Getting chased by zombies is one of the most common unpleasant dreams...11:19-The top 3 most common dreams...13:22-Dreams that are prophetic, or foretelling the future...22:44-Why do we function largely based on our subconscious?...31:20-Substances that dissolve the barrier between the conscious and unconscious states...39:24-How to better remember our dreams, and have more lucid dreams...47:55-PTSD and its relation to nightmares and night terrors...55:12-Regaining a sense of agency by knowing how to analyze our dreams...1:08:52-Ian's best personal practices to enhance himself physically, emotionally and spiritually...1:11:03Resources mentioned:WEBSITE:ianwallacedreams.comBOOKS:Decode Your Dreams: Unlock Your Unconscious And Transform Your Waking LifeThe Top 100 DreamsThe Complete A - Z Dictionary of Dreams 

What does it take to be a good leader or a great team member? One important aspect of this is the capacity to be able to connect with others, especially those who are different from us.Not only to ensure an optimally functioning organization, but to create teams that collaborate together with a passion and a purpose and to establish psychologically safe environments for individuals, where everyone can feel at ease with making their voice heard and count.And this episode's guest teaches exactly how to make this happen. LaTonya Wilkins is the founder of the Change Coaches and specializes in coaching executives on leading “below the surface” to build psychologically safe relationships with their teams across differences. She is a sought-after keynote speaker and has inspired audiences all over the world.LaTonya has worked with leaders at many well-known companies including Google, GE, The New York Times, and several nonprofits and she is the author of Leading Below the Surface: How to Build Real (and Psychologically Safe) Relationships with People Who Are Different from You.In this episode with LaTonya Wilkins, you'll discover:-Why is it so important to connect with people who are different from us?...02:52-How to create an environment of psychological safety in the workplace...04:02-How LaTonya drew inspiration from her grandmother...09:05-How the concept of the word "leader" is changing over time...14:01-How to create an environment of "belonging" at work...17:08-The "Terrible Three" biases we all hold...19:25-Give, but don't expect anything in return...22:24-Undesirable outcomes if we remain stubborn with our standards...25:30-The 5 qualities of desirable leadership...27:05-LaTonya's best personal practices...29:05-And more...Resources mentioned:LaTonya's website LaTonya's book, Leading Below The SurfaceLaTonya's social handles:LinkedInInstagram

The ancient Greek aphorism “Know thyself” is intimately connected to self-awareness and being in charge of our own thoughts and personality. I have always found the travel inward, into our inner world, at least as important as the outward travel of physically exploring the world. There is power in knowing our own mind. And my guest today is a visionary and innovator with regard to the power and potential of the mind.Ariel Garten is a neuroscientist and entrepreneur whose driving purpose is to empower and help others overcome mental obstacles in order to live healthy, happy lives and reach their maximum potential.Ariel is a co-founder of InteraXon, the makers of Muse: the brain sensing headband. Muse is the award-winning wearable technology that assists and trains meditation and mindfulness.Before founding InteraXon, Ariel was not only trained as a neuroscientist and psychotherapist, but also started her own international clothing line while she worked in labs researching Parkinson’s disease and hippocampal neurogenesis. It was her unique ability to blend science with art that was integral to the design of Muse and to Interaxon’s unique approach to brain sensing technology.Her team’s technology has been featured in over 1000 media pieces and also was the feature showcase at not only the 2018 G7 Summit, but also at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics where they set up an installation that allowed over 7,000 people to control the lights on the CN tower, Canadian parliament buildings, and Niagara Falls with their brains from across the country.In this episode with Ariel Garten, you'll discover:-The meta-crisis of technology and how to alleviate it...03:05-How technology helps us tune into ourselves...06:00-The Muse headband: how it works and what it does...08:15-Ariel's fascination with the inner workings of the mind...10:30-Really knowing yourself is hard; here is why it's worth it...11:55-How Muse helps with anxiety...16:55-Current hot topics in the neuroscience field...20:30-Ariel's background intersecting science, art, and business...24:00-A survey of female-led business: then vs. now...27:20-Advice for up and coming ladypreneurs...30:30-The future of brain technologies: how they can help us heal...33:55-Look at others with love...36:30Resources mentioned:WebsiteGuest's social handles:InstagramFacebook

Holistic health considers multidimensional aspects of wellness. To truly achieve optimal wellness in the physical, mental, and spiritual sense, we need to view and support the body as an incredible system it is.My guest today is Philipp Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling, a coach, conscious entrepreneur, and energy healer! In our conversation we will dive into the fascinating world of quantum energy and frequencies.While having a successful international business career, Philipp started to see and work through blockages that prevented him from connecting with his true self. At the same time he began to perceive energy fields, subsequently putting him on the path of becoming a conscious entrepreneur and going through two decades of training in shamanic and other energy healing practices.He left the international corporate world and today is the co-founder of Leela Quantum Tech® which offers technology that harnesses the healing power of quantum energy.Philipp says that energetic abundance is what stands behind all existence.His mission is to help others free their potential, and to provide access to the technology that can act as a bridge for humans on the path to unlocking the access to our full consciousness.In this episode with Philipp, you'll discover:-Phillip's path to becoming an energy healer...02:55-Becoming an energy healer in a culture that doesn't embrace energy healing...06:48-Manifesting energy fields around us...10:49-Quantum energy explained...14:45-What to expect from the Quantum and Infinity Blocks...16:35-Effects on the body using Leela Tech products...25:10-Does the body "sense" the effects of the blocks?...29:30-Are the effects of the products sustainable?...31:30-How well-received were the products initially?...35:00-How to get started working with frequency medicine, for all budgets...42:10-Phillip's practices ...45:20Resources mentioned:Leela Quantum Tech websiteGuest's social handles:TelegramInstagramFacebookYouTube