Always Better than Yesterday with Ryan Hartley | A Podcast for Heart Centred Leaders

On episode 192 I am joined by Maureen Murdock, PhD. Maureen is a psychotherapist, writing teacher and the author of seven books, including The Heroine’s Journey:Woman’s Quest for Wholeness, a ground-breaking book which revealed a broader understanding of the female psyche on both a personal and cultural level. Murdock is also the author of Unreliable Truth, The Heroine’s Journey Workbook; Fathers’ Daughters; Spinning Inward: Using Guided Imagery with Children and is the editor of an anthology of memoirs written by her writing students entitled Monday Morning Memoirs: Women in the Second Half of Life. Murdock’s research on myth and memoir culminated in her book, Unreliable Truth: On Memoir and Memory. She teaches memoir writing in the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program as well as privately in Santa Barbara, California. Murdock was Chair and core faculty member of the MA Counseling Psychology Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara and is adjunct faculty in depth psychology at Sonoma State University. She has been a guest lecturer at The C.G. Jung Institute, UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego, University of British Columbia, The Naropa Institute, The Omega Institute, The Oasis Center, University of Creation Spirituality, University of Massachusetts, and others. She has been an educational consultant for a number of school districts and she co-created a program in human development for students in the Los Angeles City Schools to deal with conflict resolution and diversity issues after the uprisings in the early 1990s.  In this episode you will hear: 03:30 30 years of The Heroines Journey 06:00 The Heroes Journey left something missing for women 09:30 A back injury and the separation from the feminine 12:30 why she might disconnect from the feminine 13:30 all the responsibility, no respect 16:45 thank you Disney! You can be evil or dead! 19:00 rejecting the feminine and all those who show it 24:00 ascending to the Goddess 25:30 the universe is partnering with the woman along the journey 27:30 coming face to face with the Goddess 28:30 not rising to the light too soon 31:00 the essence of the feminine 33:00 healing the wounded masculine 36:00 integrating the masculine and feminine 39:30 Mother - relationship to matter 42:00 Memoirists are contemporary myth makers 44:30 what is home and where do I belong? I hope this interview inspires your heroine’s journey. Please do subscribe, leave a little review, and share it with someone you wish to inspire too. Always love Ryan Reminder! For more information on our Good Fathers programme please visit www.abty.co.uk/good-fathers Connect with Maureen Websites: https://maureenmurdock.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maureenmurdockauthor/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/murdockmaureen/ Connect with Always Better than Yesterday Website: www.abty.co.uk Instagram: www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@abty_uk LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/abty Thank you to our friends at Elevate OM, proud supporters of the Always Better than Yesterday Interview Sessions. Visit: www.elevateom.com  Please email your questions and comments to podcast@abty.co.uk

If all we have ever known is conditional human love, why would we expects anything different from self love? Self love isn't supposed to be hedonistic. Nor is it supposed to be conditional. This is why self love needs to be experienced through a higher power. Allow God to show you how wonderfully made you are. Love isn't blind. Love sees all and chooses to love anyway.  I hope this helps you in find unconditional love in someway. 

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Emotions are a feedback mechanism. They are sensory equipment. Learn to understand what they are telling you and you will begin to master your Heartset. this is how you lead yourself to higher outcomes. Remember, your emotions are nature's way of letting you know whether you're in the right place with the right people doing the right thing... or not. 

"Dad, can you say what you think I did well before you tell me what I could improve" - Corey, aged 9 :(

On episode 191 I am joined by Mike Maher, breathwork coach and host of one of the most popular breathwork channels on YouTube, Take a Deep Breath. After Mikes marriage ended in 2016, lost and curious, Mike spent a week with Wim Hof after hearing him on the Joe Rogan and Tangentially speaking podcasts. The Ice Man introduced Mike to Ice Baths, Climbing freezing cold mountains in only shorts and of course, breathwork. Mike was obsessed and ended up quitting his corporate job if 15 years and Walked Across Spain for El Camino then went onto traveling then around the world and starting a YouTube channel all about breathing. Mike Maher is now the founder of TAKE A DEEP BREATH, a breathwork channel on YouTube and host of the Breathwork podcast BREATHCAST, Mike has trained as an Oxygen Advantage Instructor & Buteyko Practitioner under Patrick McKeown, Mikes YouTube Channel has over 200 videos dedicated to breathwork, the channel is one of the largest in its field with over 143k subscribers and 19 million views, all of Mikes breathwork content is free and available for people to go and try. In this episode you will hear: 03:30 Take a Deep Breath 05:00 you’d follow Wim Hof into a volcano 09:00 Mike’s breath journey 11:00 stress and de-stress 13:00 mentored by the world’s breathing experts 15:00 the Oxygen Advantage 19:00 breathwork tips for parents 24:00 terrified of the ocean but goes free-diving 29:00 we breath too fast, shallow and through the wrong hole 32:00 breathing affects the way you think and feel 35:00 the importance of nose breathing 43:00 oxygen and co2 48:00 the power of grace 52:00 where to see Mike live 55:00 try these exercises with us 60:00 the only negativity we need is nature 1:02:30 Mike’s heartprint I hope this interview inspires you to take a deep breath. Please do subscribe, leave a little review, and share it with someone you wish to inspire too. Always love Ryan Connect with Mike Websites: https://www.takeadeepbreath.co.uk/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TAKEADEEPBREATH IG: https://www.instagram.com/takeadeepbreath.co.uk/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/take-a-deep-breath-with-mike-maher/id1519472365 Connect with Always Better than Yesterday Website: www.abty.co.uk Instagram: www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@abty_uk LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/abty Discord: https://discord.gg/Apm3Ja465j Facebook Community: www.facebook.com/groups/weareABTY Thank you to our friends at Elevate OM, proud supporters of the Always Better than Yesterday Interview Sessions. Head to www.elevateom.com for Online Marketing & Web Design services that are affordable, bespoke & awesome. Please email your questions and comments to podcast@abty.co.uk

People of loving service are rare. Leaders of loving service are even rarer - Justin Welby, Arch Bishop of Canterbury

This weekend we reached 100,000 downloads. Thank you for being here with us.  Please let me know your favourite episode by sending a DM to @alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk Email podcast@abty.co.uk to start a conversation! Also a big thank you to our Interview Sessions sponsor Elevate Online Marketing.

Last week I shared an insight from Jonny Wilkinson, so it only fair I share an insight from the other candidate for greatest fly half of all time. At the age of 28, Dan Carter, was in his prime. He got injured in the training camp prior to the 2011 world cup which was based in his home country of New Zealand. Remembering the goal he set himself, instead of wallowing in self-pity, he focused on doing what an All Black great would do... which was to be a great team mate. This is a reminder that in this present moment, we can benefit from the wisdom, guidance and accountability of our future selves. Take a moment and focus on who you are becoming and then ask yourself, what would they do in your current situation?

This month, our topic for ask me anything is leadership.  I am joined by Nathan Todd (www.instagram.com/therealnathantodd) If you have any unanswered questions please DM me www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk or email podcast@abty.co.uk