The Ridiculously Human Podcast

Hosting the Podcast gives me the opportunity to speak to very smart people and to also witness people thinking in real-time while they speak. Both these things are a huge privilege to witness. Today’s return guest, Dr Heather McKee, allowed me to experience both of those in abundance. Dr Heather McKee is known as Europe's leading lifestyle behaviour change specialist. Having studied health behaviour change psychology for 10 years, her mission is to offer a sustainable, evidence-based alternative to an industry saturated with quick fixes and health fads. She works with companies globally to create evidence-based wellness programs, design their wellbeing strategy, deliver keynote talks, and help people find joy in their healthy habits through her Sticky Habit Method.  This conversation, however, is quite different as we discussed many other fascinating topics. Discussion Topics: What you will discover from listening to this Podcast: Why her accent doesn’t sound like the Queen anymore Reassessing your own behaviour Being disconnected from your inner intuition  Is confidence lacking in society? The commonality of humans wants and needs Training your mind towards positivity Supporting people wanting to change Your personal self-awareness practise Being a better leader Positive behaviour change in humans due to covid Why tolerance is a weak trait How to have better relationships Why communication skills are so important Does work/life balance exist? The Four Burners Theory Seeking Joy in chores and everyday life Finding out more about Behaviour Change Science I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Your fellow being Gareth   SHOW NOTES Background, Context & Reference Connect with Dr Heather McKee:  Website LinkedIn Discussion Links   Gaelic Aura Ring Via Character Strength Survey - Martin Seligman Newsletter - Habit Weekly from Samuel Salzer  Newsletter - The Behavioural Scientist Newsletter - The Decision Lab People Discussed Jewel on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Lilia Tarawa on Ridiculously Human Dr. Kristin Neff Martin Seligman - Founder of Positive Psychology Dr. Shafali Tsabury Books Mentioned The Conscious Parent by Dr Shefali Tsabury Connect by David Bradford Good Habits, Bad Habits by Dr. Wendy Wood Atomic Habits by James Clear The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef Books Suggestions Connect by David Bradford Educated by Tara Westover Music By Matthew Parker Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review:  Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Follow Podcast on:  FaceBook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter | LinkedIn |

Emma, is an old colleague and friend of mine. She is an impressive young lady, who’s had a phenomenal career. She now runs her own business and has a huge passion helping people with their financial independence.  Having grown up in challenging home circumstances with her parents splitting up when she was 7 years old, she always wanted to be able to rely on herself, and as such, grew up to be fiercely independent. Working as a trader on the London trading floor, as a young female, was something she thrived on and took in her stride. Now, as a wealth management expert her philosophy on financial independence comes as a breath of fresh air. - “Independence is more than money, it is living your life by design and fully in alignment with your purpose” Discussion Topics: What you will discover from listening to this Podcast: How fun Investment Banking was Why corporate jobs are good Skills entrepreneurs need Being and energetic networker How childhood trauma drives independence Fixed v Growth Mindset Why you should seek discomfort  Challenges transitioning to entrepreneurship Ego v Spirit Understanding your relationship with money How your beliefs impact your wealth Why slowing down is essential Wealth is not about money Being a conscious entrepreneur Having personal quarterly reviews Why you should invest in a coach Listening to your inner chimp I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Your fellow being Gareth SHOW NOTES Background, Context & Reference Connect with Emma Wright: Website Instagram FaceBook LinkedIn Discussion Links   Derivatives Stephen Bartlett - The CEO Podcast Books Suggestions Chimp Paradox - Dr Stew Peters Atomic Habits - James Clear Becoming The Iceman - Wimhof Music By Matthew Parker Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review:  Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Follow Podcast on:  FaceBook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter | LinkedIn |

This conversation was absolutely fantastic. Bronwyn’s insights, worldview, knowledge, and the way she articulates her outlook on life and the world, is inspiring for anyone to listen to! Her revealed optimism and philosophical perspective on the future and what it holds, will get you excited about the future and what opportunities await us. In what can sometimes seem like a bit of a dystopian and robotic future, Bronwyn will highlight the reasons why there is a lot to look forward to and that the human spirit will rise, as we will always have a necessity for our softer needs to be met. Bronwyn Williams, is a futurist, economist, strategist, trend analyst, international speaker, avid reader, and published writer. She believe’s trends should yield insights, insights should drive innovation and policy, and strategy should deliver quantifiable results.  Bronwyn likes to be known as a professional “court jester”. A character that speaks truth to power and “rattles the cages” of the rich and powerful, by presenting important ideas in an entertaining manner that changes the most hardened hearts, using humour and wit, rather than brute force. Her ethos is to make us ‘be comfortable with being uncomfortable.’ Discussion Topics: What you will discover from listening to this Podcast:   Why South Africa is a good place to live Why Joburgers are amazing networkers Teachers influencing your life trajectory The importance of reading The importance of writing  Ever considered, reading an art form? Paperback vs Kindle Digital fragility - how information decays The analogue revolution Analogue vs Digital Why economics is a field study of humans Stated preferences vs Revealed preferences Why optimists change the world Revealed optimism v revealed pessimism Future trends to be aware of What most people want What does the future hold for teenagers Finding meaning and legacy Why breathe work is essential Bronwyn’s book recommendations Why chaos is a necessity   I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Your fellow being Gareth SHOW NOTES Background, Context & Reference Connect with Bronwyn Williams:  Website - Flux Trends Website - Personal LinkedIn Instagram Twitter Substack Discussion Links   Chat GPT Books Mentioned Agatha Christine Mysteries George Orwell 1984 Seeing Like a State Freakonomics Elephant in the Brain The Upside of Down Narrative Economics MiddleMarch People Discussed Martin Armstrong - Armstrong Economics Anne Rand Daisy De Melker  Jordan Peterson Richard Mulholland Seth Godin Books Suggestions The True Believer - Eric Hoffer Nation - Terry Pratchet Music By Matthew Parker   Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review:  Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Follow Podcast on:  FaceBook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter | LinkedIn |

Dylan is one of my best friends, he was our 100th Guest, and makes a return today. He is one of my go-to guys for advice, someone who’s philosophy and outlook on life and it’s challenges, I really enjoy hearing and listening to. Dylan is the host of Portugal's best English-language podcast, Portugal The Simple Life. It provides an insider's perspective into life in Portugal and what makes the country so special. He is also a Sales Director for Portugal Realty. A Portuguese-based company that has introduced thousands of families and investors to Portugal.  Discussion Topics: What you will discover from listening to this Podcast: Self-care and dealing with stress His Podcast - Portugal The Simple Life Amazing reasons to host a podcast Why Portugal is an awesome place to live What most people want in life Everything Fatherhood: Lessons, Joys, Shadows, Projecting Issues Challenges your own parents went through Incorporating curiosity into your life What your kids will teach you What it takes to lead a family Strategies for tough conversations Books that changed his life and worldviews I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Let’s find out what it means for Dylan Herholdt to be Ridiculously Human  Your fellow being, Gareth   SHOW NOTES Background, Context & Reference Connect with Dylan Herholdt:  Website YouTube Instagram  FaceBook LinkedIn Podcast - Portugal The Simple Life   Discussion Links TTP - Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura   Book Suggestions Ego Is The Enemy by Ryan Holiday Victor: My Journey  In Black and White, The Jake White Story  Monuments Men by Bret Witter Robert M. Edsel   Music By Matthew Parker   Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review:  Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Follow Podcast on:  FaceBook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter | LinkedIn |

Gareth Pickering is a great friend of mine whose worldviews and opinions, I always value and enjoy listening to. He is a creative artist, deep thinker, leader of men, and host of the Call To Courage Podcast. His free weekly men’s King’s Circle, connects men worldwide to have authentic conversations and support each other to show up as their most courageous selves.  Gareth is well travelled and well read, he has the unique ability to disseminate complex concepts and ancient wisdom into easily understandable and actionable tasks. He is as genuine as they come and lives and breathes the principles that he teaches. He aims to support men in deepening their relationships with themselves and helps facilitate their healing journey’s. Discussion Topics: What you will discover from listening to this Podcast: Pre-game: Showing up with intent Dealing with resistance and being nervous The importance of feeling uncomfortable Understanding your relationship with money His lifelong relationship with Cannabis Recognising an addiction and overcoming it Becoming radically honest Intimacy and life long friends Business decisions that don’t work out Masculine and Feminine energies  Having deep conversations with our parents Getting to know your friends betters Why we should DO HARD THINGS Internal motivation and drive Books that changed his life and worldviews I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Let’s find out what it means for Gareth Pickering to be Ridiculously Human  Your fellow being, Gareth   SHOW NOTES Background, Context & Reference Connect with Gareth Pickering: Website | YouTube | Instagram | FaceBook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Podcast - Call to Courage | Discussion Links Sam Harris Book - Lying Tim Ferris - Four Hour Work Week  Daniel Schmachtenberger - Parent Conversation Link People Discussed Daniel Schmachtenberger Andrew Huberman Book Suggestions The Secret - Rhonda Byrne The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle Music By Matthew Parker   Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review:  Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Follow Podcast on:  FaceBook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter | LinkedIn |

Jeanice Barcelo is an author, researcher, educator, and activist dedicated to exposing the dark side of the medical establishment. In her first book, "Birth Trauma and the Dark Side of Modern Medicine, Jeanice offers a critical analysis of technological interventions during childbirth and exposes systematic abuse against infants and parents during hospital birth.  Jeanice argues that medical violence is deliberate and methodical and reveals a decades-long agenda to alter our species by inflicting trauma on us at the earliest stages of our lives. In her second book, The Dark Side of Prenatal Ultrasound, Jeanice exposes the dangers of ultrasonic radiation in utero, as well as the ever-present danger of wireless radiation that is now ubiquitous in our world.  Discussion Topics: What you will discover from listening to this Podcast: Truth about the negative health implications of Ultrasound Jeanice having 5 pregnancies, none ending in a live birth The full scope of birth trauma ‘Brain Dead’ is medical fiction Dissociation through trauma Premature birth Drugs used during birth causing mothers and babies distress Mind control of medical students  Learned helplessness through trauma based mind control Why 95% of hospital births are traumatic and 50% severely traumatic The importance of the ‘power hour’ after birth with your baby C-Section trauma The Kalergi Plan Difference between love and lust Eye contact and trauma Circumcision and umbilical cord clamping Why the placenta is a spiritual garden of the baby How to heal birth trauma Let’s find out what it means for Jeanice Barcelo to be Ridiculously Human  Your fellow being, Gareth   SHOW NOTES Background, Context & Reference Connect with Jeanice Barcelo:  Website - Birth of a New Earth  Website - Radiation Dangers    Jeanice Barcelo Books: Birth Trauma and Ultrasound Books   Discussion Links Children’s Health Defence Jin Shin Jitsui Cranial Sacral Therapy Watsu Therapy Emotional Freedom Technique / Tapping The Kalergi Plan   People Discussed Robert F Kennedy Jr  Luke Storey Dr Paul Byrne Dr. Stephanie Mines   Book Suggestions The Ringing Cedars Books   Music By Matthew Parker   Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review:  Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Follow Podcast on:  FaceBook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter | LinkedIn |

Jordan has been a Professor of sports history, philosophy, and sociology. He has a PhD in Kinesiology, and is an accomplished researcher with peer reviewed articles and published books. He has a unique historical and philosophical perspective on the meaning of sport as a cultural activity. In practice he understands how to communicate complex philosophical concepts and detailed historical analysis in an informative, and engaging style. Fed up with the ideological rigidity and lack of critical thinking in the University, Dr. Goldstein decided to start Phya Academy, to spread a message of optimism through physical challenge. Dr. Goldstein creates custom programs using deep knowledge of ancient sport wisdom to help individuals, trainers, teams and coaches. Discussion Topics: What you will discover from listening to this Podcast: Benefits to online groups The importance of community How family competition provides building blocks of life Preparing your kids for the world The joys of trail running Benefits of the cold and the mental toughness it builds Reasons to exert ourselves physically How discomfort creates mental fortitude Phenomenology - the philosophy of experience How, Action leads emotion Embodiment of the mind, body, and spirit Why talent is sometimes a curse Performing without purpose Discipline v Motivation v Love Books that inspired Jordan I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Let’s find out what it means for Jordan Goldstein to be Ridiculously Human  Your fellow being, Gareth   SHOW NOTES Background, Context & Reference Connect with Jordan Goldstein: Website | Instagram | LinkTree | Twitter | LinkedIn | Ancient Treasures - Mens Group | Substack | Other relevant points Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario - Lindsay Shepherd Controversy People Discussed Zach Homol Jordan Peterson David Goggins Thomas Sowell Ryan Dreyer Dylan Spina Book Suggestions Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell Sacred and the Profane by Mircea Eliade  Music By Matthew Parker Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review:  Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Follow Podcast on:  FaceBook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter | LinkedIn |

TODAY is going to be a super day! It’s new beginnings for me as a solo-host with the launch of: I guess you can call it Season 2 of the Podcast! I’m excited about the direction of the Podcast and the future which awaits. I’ve pre-recorded the first 4 episodes which will be released from next week. In this week’s short episode I discuss the future of the Podcast and what to expect going forward. Let’s find out what's in store for the future of Ridiculously Human  Your fellow being, Gareth Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review:  Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Follow Podcast on:  FaceBook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter | LinkedIn |

Craig and Gareth discuss why the Podcast ended so abruptly 2.5 years ago, which led to a super long hiatus and what's in store for the future of the Podcast with Gareth taking it forward as a solo-host. Let’s find out more about the future of Ridiculously Human Your fellow beings, Gareth and Craig Music By Matthew Parker Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review:  Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Follow Podcast on:  FaceBook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter | LinkedIn |

Boyd Varty, is a lion tracker, life coach, and gifted storyteller. He has had an unconventional upbringing as he grew up on Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa, a place where man and nature strive for balance, where perils exist alongside exquisite natural wonders! A place where he shared his home with lions, leopards, snakes, and elephants as a youngster. Discussion Topics: What you will discover from listening to this Podcast: Boyd’s experience of spending 40 days and 40 nights in nature, alone, without any technology Becoming attuned to nature The importance of campfires and storytelling Wrestling with the complexity of modern life How technology absorbs your attention Why we should stop and slow down The history of Londolozi Game Reserve Tracking animals in the wild bush Boyd’s journey of coming out of depression How to heal from your wounds and demons Spending time with Nelson Mandela after his release from prison The discovery of living an authentic life Almost being eaten by a crocodile How animals can teach us Restoring the wildness inside of you How to begin your own transformation We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did. Let’s find out what it means for Boyd Varty to be Ridiculously Human  Your fellow beings Craig and Gareth   SHOW NOTES Background, Context & Reference Connect with Boyd Varty: Website | Instagram | FaceBook | Twitter | Londolozi Game Reserve  Track your life retreat  Podcast - 40 Days and 40 Nights  People Discussed St. Francis of Assisi  Martha Beck  Nelson Mandela  Victor Frankl  Music By The Bambuseae Rhythm Section - Check them out here The Simon Van Gend Band - Check them out here Right Hook Request HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Please tell Your Friends & Share Online Subscribe, Rate & Review:  Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Follow us on:  FaceBook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter |