The Ten Thousand (10,000) Heroes Show
10,000 Heroes is a show about Purpose. We interview people we admire about their journey with Purpose. Which is a journey we’re all on – whether we like it, or acknowledge it, or not. And then we share their insights, tools, and struggles with you. 10,000 Heroes (10kh) provides inspiration, intimacy, and maybe even a little bit of guidance, as to what it means to live a truly purposeful life, and how we each can get there in our own unique way. In my mind, it’s not just a podcast, it’s a hero generation machine. Because a World on Fire needs People with Purpose.
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#00128 What Is An Enemy?
12/02/2024
#00128 What Is An Enemy?
Yesterday, I delivered my first sermon in an actual house of worship. It was an exciting and bizarre moment for me, and turned out to be quite beautiful. Exciting because I see myself as a priest, and giving a sermon is a very priestly honor. Bizarre because I never thought I’d ever write a sentence like that last one! I’ve been marrying people for the last eighteen years. My first chaplaincy assignment was fifteen years ago. I’ve done plenty of conflict and relationship coaching over the past twenty years. I’ve even given away around 10,000 loaves of bread over the past decade. And yet, it’s only recently that I’ve come to see myself as a priest. (growing up, it was always wizard!) One of my projects is to rescue the community-oriented elements of religion from the trash heap where they ended up, with the rest of the religious junk we discarded. To pick up the “baby” of caring and food and togetherness from the “bathwater” of dogma, rigidity, and us vs. them. My other project is to preach the gospel of ahimsa (unconditional love) at every scale, and explain both the pragmatic and spiritual benefits of doing so. Today’s sermon represents a major milestone in my own understanding of that journey, and therefore, my ability to conspire with my fellow humans to make it happen. (For the video version, go here: https://www.youtube.com/@tenthousandheroes) 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. http://tenthousandheroes.club
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#00127 How To Create Political Hatred
11/17/2024
#00127 How To Create Political Hatred
Earlier this week I spoke with renowned mediator Ken Cloke. Ken is a living breathing apostle of the philosophy of practical nonviolence that Gandhi and MLK took to such a high level. Because we were on a call with a group of professional mediators, I asked Ken what the recent US election might mean for mediators in the US. I'm sharing his answer more publicly because I see the philosophy behind mediation as being appropriate to anyone involved in human relationships. The mediation mindset is what happens when you look at human relationship as a spiritual path. I encourage you to listen to Ken with the following question in mind: What is the essence of non-violence? He says the word "nonviolence" explicitly only once, near the end of the episode, but everything he is saying about doubling down on our values and rising above hatred is, in my mind, the core of Gandhian teachings. Other important tidbits are Ken's definition of an enemy, which is a really kick in the stomach, and his architecture of hatred -- the three essential elements to creating political hatred. 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again.
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#00126 It's Worse Than You Think: We Too Must Grow!
11/05/2024
#00126 It's Worse Than You Think: We Too Must Grow!
Happy USA Election Day 2024, denizens of the world. May it be, in fact, happy and harmless. I have an election-day message for you. We Too Must Grow. It's a combination of my thoughts on the opportunities the election presents us with "" and my explication of a song that I think is INCREDIBLY RELEVANT to this moment. The song is called "We Too Must Grow". It was written and recorded by my friend Joe Bridge. Here's a link if you want to listen to a version without my comments: 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again.
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#00125 How to Win a Democracy
10/21/2024
#00125 How to Win a Democracy
This episode is based on a speech/sermon I wrote in October 2024 and delivered at a March for Democracy in a small town. I used the opportunity to share what conflict mediation has taught me about winning. Part I: Definitions of winning and losing Part II: What's really standing in our way Part III: The pearl of wisdom and what we can do about it There's also some bonus material -- concrete guidelines based on 2200 years of human experience (the Bhagavad Gita) Enjoy! The full text of the speech can be found at: https://ankurdelight.com/2024/10/09/how-to-win-a-democracy/ 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again.
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#00124 Move Slowly and Heal Things: A Muslim-Jewish partnership conversation
10/16/2024
#00124 Move Slowly and Heal Things: A Muslim-Jewish partnership conversation
This episode is about Muslim-Jewish relations. It's about whats been going on in Israel and Palestine for the last year. It's about what's possible in the next year. It's about what happens when we expand the circle of concern. And it's about what is happening, all over the world, in small communities, unreported by most of the news, when people open their hearts, right now. I interviewed Aziza Hassan and Andrea Hodos from New Ground: A Muslim-Jewish partnership for change. I get their stories, their experiences, and their perspective on how to build a relationship that can handle the test of conflict. This the opposite of what you will hear on the news. It's about going deeper and staying closer, not demonizing and vilifying. Join us. 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. http://tenthousandheroes.club
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#00123 Pacific Northwest Sea Gardens and What We Owe Our Descendants (with Nicole Norris)
05/22/2024
#00123 Pacific Northwest Sea Gardens and What We Owe Our Descendants (with Nicole Norris)
Two years ago I overheard a conversation at a local farmers' market about Clam Gardens. Being a nosy podcast host, I eavesdropped, eventually inserted myself, and got some contact information. Today I caught up with Ala̱g̱a̱mił Nicole Norris, of Halalt First Nation on what's now known as Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Nicole is a Shellfish Aquaculture Specialist, Intergovernmental Communicator, Cultural Support Worker; knowledge holder, and language preserver for the Hul’qumi’num. She's also incredibly fun to talk to and not afraid to get deep and trippy from the beginning, as you will soon hear. I had several shifts in understanding during our interview, especially around how we as humans relate to the other species around us, as well as how we relate to our ancestors and our descendants. Let's jump in. 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. http://tenthousandheroes.club
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#00122 The Third Side
04/14/2024
#00122 The Third Side
In this episode I present what I learned from William Ury's The Third Side. The basic idea is that our communities and societies are the most important element in developing an effective conflict management system, and that the essence of being effect is to exert peer pressure on resolving the conflict instead of taking the "side" of any of the parties. Hence, the 3rd side... (For the video version, go here: https://www.youtube.com/@tenthousandheroes) 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. http://tenthousandheroes.club
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#00121 Civic Engineering V1 Plan (How to Prevent a Civil War)
04/13/2024
#00121 Civic Engineering V1 Plan (How to Prevent a Civil War)
For the last few months I've been reflecting on How to Prevent a Civil War. Here's why I think we need to act: - It is in the avowed interests of multiple powerful actors -- both inside and outside of the US -- to foment widespread discord, confusion, and animosity. - The logical conclusion of widespread discord, confusion, and animosity is civil war. - The people working on this have lots of resources and effective technology (ie AI chatbots) at their disposal. Basically, in absence of our concerted actions, things are going to get worse. The most effective tool I have come to so far is conversation. Honest, deep, vulnerable, heart-opening conversation. This podcast is V1 of a model I'm playing with that I'd like to try out. (For the video version, go here: https://www.youtube.com/@tenthousandheroes) 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. http://tenthousandheroes.club
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#00120 The Six Dimensions of Conflict Transformation
04/11/2024
#00120 The Six Dimensions of Conflict Transformation
The concept I want to present today is the Six Dimensions of Conflict, which comes up in Chapters 2 and 3 of The Crossroads of Conflict by Ken Cloke. Ken has a model where he breaks down conflict and how we approach it into six areas, and then looks at that sextet from 4 different angles: - Orders of Resolution - Math/Geometry - Location in the body - Mediation style 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. http://tenthousandheroes.club
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#00119 Three examples of slow dialogue
04/09/2024
#00119 Three examples of slow dialogue
As part of my journey towards understanding what brings us together and what keeps us apart, today I want to share three examples of social dialogue I learned about in the past couple of weeks. I will resist the temptation to draw conclusions prematurely, but just let us all ruminate together with these three examples. The first is from Nelson Mandela's autobiography -- Long Walk to Freedom () -- which I'm currently reading. The second is a description of traditional dispute resolution in pre-partition Punjab from a recent interview I did with Somia Sadiq. (From: http://10kh.show/00117-every-conflict-hides-a-story-with-somia-sadiq 28:30 - 31:30) And the third is from a listener who called me yesterday and shared his experiences with a facilitator named Bob Chadwick. I'll share a little bit of what I learned in the call and then read a passage from Chadwick that I found online. (From: Bob Chadwick, https://managingwholes.com/chadwick.htm/) So, I don't know how you see yourself in this moment, but I see you as someone, like me, who is interested in and capable of preventing a civil war. Someone whose actions or inaction will have a lot of consequences where you live, not just this year or this election cycle, but for the next generation and the next phase in our social development. 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. http://tenthousandheroes.club
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#00118 A Sober Roadmap to Nuclear Disarmament (with Ward Hayes Wilson)
04/06/2024
#00118 A Sober Roadmap to Nuclear Disarmament (with Ward Hayes Wilson)
As Lao Tzu used to say: "Do the hard thing while it is still easy." According to my guest, Ward Hayes Wilson, it's a pretty good time to work on nuclear disarmament. This is precisely the opposite of all my reflections on the issues, which usually end in hopeless shrugging and attempts to resign myself towards guaranteed nuclear annihilation. (Much harder when you have kids!) Ward has a very different take, which is rooted in 30 years of obsessive study of the issue and the fundamental premise -- which he has confirmed will military leaders around the world -- that nuclear weapons are simply not useful for warfare. Bonus: He's also smart, hilarious, and does great accents. (For the video version, go here: https://www.youtube.com/@tenthousandheroes) 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. http://tenthousandheroes.club
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#00117 Every Conflict Hides a Story, with Somia Sadiq
03/30/2024
#00117 Every Conflict Hides a Story, with Somia Sadiq
Somia Sadiq is a peacebuilder and entrepreneur focused on Conflict Transformation. Our conversation was so wide-ranging I thought it would be worth a brief rundown of what we covered: - Resilience and Fasting - Definitions: Settler and Newcomer - Identity politics - Ancestral guilt and shame - How to approach history (and history of oppression) without guilt - The role of public apologies - The limits of apologies - The necessary components of an apology - intentionality - acceptance of harm - remorse - how it impacted you - Description of traditional mediation in Punjab (from her grandparents' house) - Highlights from William Ury's The Third Side: Community as the Conflict Management System - What makes something feel fair? - Is taking sides ethical? - How do global conflicts affect our individual experience? - What do people mean by "trauma-informed"? - The Mice and the Cherry Blossoms Experiment - Trauma vs Agency and Free Will While it was a stellar interview, I have to say my favorite moment was her story at the end. Listen for it. 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. http://tenthousandheroes.club
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#00116 Atheism, Spirituality, and Civil War with Casper ter Kuile
03/28/2024
#00116 Atheism, Spirituality, and Civil War with Casper ter Kuile
Casper ter Kuile is like a better version of myself. He's on a mission to rescue spiritual truths from religious dogma to fill the voids in modern life. We talk about what atheism and spirituality mean to us, gain inspiration from a John O'Donahue essay on "The Priestliness of the Human Heart," discuss the current struggles in El Salvador (and how to handle it), and finally, I broach the topic of: How To Prevent A Civil War. If you're concerned about the divisiveness in our culture and want to do something about it, I suggest you tune in ;) 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. http://tenthousandheroes.club
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#00115 A meditation on Pain, Drugs, and Gratitude with Wolf Sherman
03/17/2024
#00115 A meditation on Pain, Drugs, and Gratitude with Wolf Sherman
Wolf Sherman has dealt with excruciating pain 24/7 since being hit by a car a couple of years ago. The relationships he has developed between pain, drugs, and gratitude struck me as something every single one of us can learn from. We also get into modern masculinity and communication with whales. Yeah, You heard me right. 🐋 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. http://tenthousandheroes.club
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#00114 John Giuliano on Justice, Revenge, and the situation in El Salvador
03/06/2024
#00114 John Giuliano on Justice, Revenge, and the situation in El Salvador
In this episode, I talk with one of my greatest mentors, John Giuliano, about how the Régimen de excepción is affecting his small community. Specifically, we discuss the situation of the co-director of the Tamarindo Foundation, Santos, who was arrested 54 days ago (as of March 6, 2024). The second half of the show (@ 16:02) covers John's response to the arrests, the difference between revenge and justice, and the unhealed wounds from the Salvadoran civil war. 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. http://tenthousandheroes.club
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#00113 Thanksgiving Sourdough Bread Recipe (Depth-First Search)
11/20/2023
#00113 Thanksgiving Sourdough Bread Recipe (Depth-First Search)
Here’s a gratitude-forward recipe for Sourdough Bread. I go through the 4 main ingredients that go into the bread, and then go into the ingredients that go into those, and then the ingredients that go into those… It’s a gratitude practice. Try it out on literally anything in your life and see where you end up. If you’re actually looking for my recipe for sourdough bread, it’s here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w12kQ54EpnQ&t=0s *** About The Ten Thousand Heroes Show *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Why are you here? What is this short and fragile life about? These questions have easy answers in traditional cultures. You listen to the myths and stories of your elders and nod along. But once we’re exposed to the chaos and diversity of the larger world (#thanksglobalization), the simple narratives of our ancestors suddenly seem silly and unattractive. Rationality leads us into a desert of meaning. But it turns out that we left something important behind: Purpose. The Ten Thousand Heroes Show aims to restore our collective sense of meaning and fulfillment through demystifying purpose. We present empirical techniques and rational arguments for taking Purpose seriously, while leaving room for fun and mystery. And we interview inspiring humans along the way, each of whom has a clear sense of Purpose, and whose sense of Purpose has allowed their success. 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again.
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#00112 Abby Carl: Composting Trauma into Healing
11/19/2023
#00112 Abby Carl: Composting Trauma into Healing
If what I’m trying to do with this podcast is: Go deep immediately without any fluff, and Help us all understand how purpose shows itself empirically, even when things look horribly gnarly, Then I give this conversation ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. It’s deep. It deals with horrible things (sexual trauma). It’s hopeful. And Abby Carl is an absolute hero for turning all her experiences into something everybody who interacts with her can benefit from. Check it out. Abby's website: Abby's Instagram: @growstrong_one Abby on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grow.strong.5 Note: All my cameras flipped out during the recording of this in-person interview, so the last few minutes have no video. I didn’t feel like deep-faking the rest, so I threw an audiogram in there so you’d have something pretty to look at. 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. *** About The Ten Thousand Heroes Show *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Why are you here? What is this short and fragile life about? These questions have easy answers in traditional cultures. You listen to the myths and stories of your elders and nod along. But once we’re exposed to the chaos and diversity of the larger world (#thanksglobalization), the simple narratives of our ancestors suddenly seem silly and unattractive. Rationality leads us into a desert of meaning. But it turns out that we left something important behind: Purpose. The Ten Thousand Heroes Show aims to restore our collective sense of meaning and fulfillment through demystifying purpose. We present empirical techniques and rational arguments for taking Purpose seriously, while leaving room for fun and mystery. And we interview inspiring humans along the way, each of whom has a clear sense of Purpose, and whose sense of Purpose has allowed their success. *** Show Links *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Newsletter: Voicemail: Email: [email protected] Show Archives: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: YouTube: Coaching Program: Upcoming In-Person Retreats: *** About Momentum Lab *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ The Ten Thousand Heroes Show is brought to you by Momentum Lab. I normally refer to Momentum Lab as an experiment-based coaching program or a goal accelerator. But it’s beyond that. It’s a deep investigation into Purpose, Vision, and what it takes to achieve our goals in every area of life. If you’re interested in falling in love with who you are, what you’re doing, or what you’re surrounded with, there’s two roads: Accepting what is Transforming your situation We help you do both. The best way of learning more is to sign up for our weekly newsletter, The Ten Thousand Heroes Club:
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#00111 Jason Taylor: Five Elements Acupuncture and The Seasons of Life
11/11/2023
#00111 Jason Taylor: Five Elements Acupuncture and The Seasons of Life
Jason Taylor runs deep. He’s an ecologist and Five Elements acupuncturist with a lot to share about living a healthy and balanced life. But what I liked best is how deeply he engaged with the questions. That’s part of what I love about this show – it’s not just Information handed down from On High, but a mutual exploration, where we’re all learning about our paths, through the vessel of the interview. Tune in to hear the throughline in Jason’s journey from environmental education to bat research to acupuncture, and how the Seasons of Life are present not only in the year, but also in each day and your own life and moods. 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. *** About The Ten Thousand Heroes Show *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Why are you here? What is this short and fragile life about? These questions have easy answers in traditional cultures. You listen to the myths and stories of your elders and nod along. But once we’re exposed to the chaos and diversity of the larger world (#thanksglobalization), the simple narratives of our ancestors suddenly seem silly and unattractive. Rationality leads us into a desert of meaning. But it turns out that we left something important behind: Purpose. The Ten Thousand Heroes Show aims to restore our collective sense of meaning and fulfillment through demystifying purpose. We present empirical techniques and rational arguments for taking Purpose seriously, while leaving room for fun and mystery. And we interview inspiring humans along the way, each of whom has a clear sense of Purpose, and whose sense of Purpose has allowed their success. *** Show Links *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Newsletter: Voicemail: Email: [email protected] Show Archives: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: YouTube: Coaching Program: Upcoming In-Person Retreats: *** About Momentum Lab *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ The Ten Thousand Heroes Show is brought to you by Momentum Lab. I normally refer to Momentum Lab as an experiment-based coaching program or a goal accelerator. But it’s beyond that. It’s a deep investigation into Purpose, Vision, and what it takes to achieve our goals in every area of life. If you’re interested in falling in love with who you are, what you’re doing, or what you’re surrounded with, there’s two roads: Accepting what is Transforming your situation We help you do both. The best way of learning more is to sign up for our weekly newsletter, The Ten Thousand Heroes Club:
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#00110 Crystal Beasley: Making Decisions with the Heart and A Finishing School For Men
11/04/2023
#00110 Crystal Beasley: Making Decisions with the Heart and A Finishing School For Men
Crystal Beasley is a trip. She’s a high priestess of the heart and listening to her journey is the auditory equivalent of getting tickled (for me) at least. At one point she tells me she is here to protect the place of women. Then she mentions a finishing school she runs, to turn Men into Gentlemen. And then she reveals the How: Teaching them to Ask for what they Need. It seems simple, but every day I run into it. Sometimes with myself, sometimes with a colleague, sometimes with a daughter. How much time could we save, Looping narratives could we cut short, and Sleep could we gain? Just by knowing what we Need, and asking for it? Resources Cris mentioned: Link to her film on Charles and Diana (6m): Her website with a lot of different projects and resources: Her course “Holy Hell Yes - Navigate Massive Change without Losing Your Shiz”: She actually made a discount code just for you: “Use code 10KH for 50% off until Jan 31st” And, for more about the mystery school, which she can’t post online, please email 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. *** About The Ten Thousand Heroes Show *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Why are you here? What is this short and fragile life about? These questions have easy answers in traditional cultures. You listen to the myths and stories of your elders and nod along. But once we’re exposed to the chaos and diversity of the larger world (#thanksglobalization), the simple narratives of our ancestors suddenly seem silly and unattractive. Rationality leads us into a desert of meaning. But it turns out that we left something important behind: Purpose. The Ten Thousand Heroes Show aims to restore our collective sense of meaning and fulfillment through demystifying purpose. We present empirical techniques and rational arguments for taking Purpose seriously, while leaving room for fun and mystery. And we interview inspiring humans along the way, each of whom has a clear sense of Purpose, and whose sense of Purpose has allowed their success. *** Show Links *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Newsletter: Voicemail: Email: [email protected] Show Archives: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: YouTube: Coaching Program: Upcoming In-Person Retreats: *** About Momentum Lab *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ The Ten Thousand Heroes Show is brought to you by Momentum Lab. I normally refer to Momentum Lab as an experiment-based coaching program or a goal accelerator. But it’s beyond that. It’s a deep investigation into Purpose, Vision, and what it takes to achieve our goals in every area of life. If you’re interested in falling in love with who you are, what you’re doing, or what you’re surrounded with, there’s two roads: Accepting what is Transforming your situation We help you do both. The best way of learning more is to sign up for our weekly newsletter, The Ten Thousand Heroes Club:
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#00109 Walter Faro: The actual Assassin’s Creed
10/28/2023
#00109 Walter Faro: The actual Assassin’s Creed
Walter Faro sees himself as a protector and creator of refuge. His father (and mentor) was a trained assassin and mercenary, and Walter has spent his life trying to understand and integrate the skills and worldview he learned in his formative years. Incredibly, he brings this history and presence to his work as a DEI facilitator. Naturally, his vision for how to create safety and protection is much larger than that. Join us to hear the whole story. Walter’s LinkedIn: ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. *** About The Ten Thousand Heroes Show *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Why are you here? What is this short and fragile life about? These questions have easy answers in traditional cultures. You listen to the myths and stories of your elders and nod along. But once we’re exposed to the chaos and diversity of the larger world (#thanksglobalization), the simple narratives of our ancestors suddenly seem silly and unattractive. Rationality leads us into a desert of meaning. But it turns out that we left something important behind: Purpose. The Ten Thousand Heroes Show aims to restore our collective sense of meaning and fulfillment through demystifying purpose. We present empirical techniques and rational arguments for taking Purpose seriously, while leaving room for fun and mystery. And we interview inspiring humans along the way, each of whom has a clear sense of Purpose, and whose sense of Purpose has allowed their success. *** Show Links *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Newsletter: Voicemail: Email: [email protected] Show Archives: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: YouTube: Coaching Program: Upcoming In-Person Retreats: *** About Momentum Lab *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ The Ten Thousand Heroes Show is brought to you by Momentum Lab. I normally refer to Momentum Lab as an experiment-based coaching program or a goal accelerator. But it’s beyond that. It’s a deep investigation into Purpose, Vision, and what it takes to achieve our goals in every area of life. If you’re interested in falling in love with who you are, what you’re doing, or what you’re surrounded with, there’s two roads: Accepting what is Transforming your situation We help you do both. The best way of learning more is to sign up for our weekly newsletter, The Ten Thousand Heroes Club:
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How to stop a war? Israel, Hamas, and the prospects for peace-building with Ken Cloke
10/23/2023
How to stop a war? Israel, Hamas, and the prospects for peace-building with Ken Cloke
I talk to world-renowned mediator Ken Cloke about: His personal reaction to the October 7th attacks and ensuing war Every Generation Has To Confront The Zero Sum Game Two Options When We Look At War What can individuals who don't live in the Middle East do? 50 Questions To Ask In Political Arguments Organizations he supports: Combatants for Peace and Women Wage Peace Should I Talk to My Congressperson? The theory that "War Is The Health of the State" How do we live without an enemy? What would Ken Cloke Do (right now) Other interviews I've done with Ken: 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. *** About The Ten Thousand Heroes Show *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Why are you here? What is this short and fragile life about? These questions have easy answers in traditional cultures. You listen to the myths and stories of your elders and nod along. But once we’re exposed to the chaos and diversity of the larger world (#thanksglobalization), the simple narratives of our ancestors suddenly seem silly and unattractive. Rationality leads us into a desert of meaning. But it turns out that we left something important behind: Purpose. The Ten Thousand Heroes Show aims to restore our collective sense of meaning and fulfillment through demystifying purpose. We present empirical techniques and rational arguments for taking Purpose seriously, while leaving room for fun and mystery. And we interview inspiring humans along the way, each of whom has a clear sense of Purpose, and whose sense of Purpose has allowed their success. *** Show Links *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Newsletter: Voicemail: Email: [email protected] Show Archives: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: YouTube: Coaching Program: Upcoming In-Person Retreats: *** About Momentum Lab *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ The Ten Thousand Heroes Show is brought to you by Momentum Lab. I normally refer to Momentum Lab as an experiment-based coaching program or a goal accelerator. But it’s beyond that. It’s a deep investigation into Purpose, Vision, and what it takes to achieve our goals in every area of life. If you’re interested in falling in love with who you are, what you’re doing, or what you’re surrounded with, there’s two roads: Accepting what is Transforming your situation We help you do both. The best way of learning more is to sign up for our weekly newsletter, The Ten Thousand Heroes Club:
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#00108 Melvin Myles: Healing The Heart Through Music
10/21/2023
#00108 Melvin Myles: Healing The Heart Through Music
Melvin Myles wields music as a weapon of love. He grew up in a gospel tradition in Mississippi, discovered Jazz in college, and stumbled his way (we laugh about it) into being a professional vocal artist. But for me the best part is what Melvin is so effortlessly able to communicate about the heart. Deep Truths I struggle to articulate through writing books and essays and poems… they just roll out of him unbidden. Listen to the interview! The whole thing! Find Melvin at: 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. *** About The Ten Thousand Heroes Show *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Why are you here? What is this short and fragile life about? These questions have easy answers in traditional cultures. You listen to the myths and stories of your elders and nod along. But once we’re exposed to the chaos and diversity of the larger world (#thanksglobalization), the simple narratives of our ancestors suddenly seem silly and unattractive. Rationality leads us into a desert of meaning. But it turns out that we left something important behind: Purpose. The Ten Thousand Heroes Show aims to restore our collective sense of meaning and fulfillment through demystifying purpose. We present empirical techniques and rational arguments for taking Purpose seriously, while leaving room for fun and mystery. And we interview inspiring humans along the way, each of whom has a clear sense of Purpose, and whose sense of Purpose has allowed their success. *** Show Links *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Newsletter: Voicemail: Email: [email protected] Show Archives: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: YouTube: Coaching Program: Upcoming In-Person Retreats: *** About Momentum Lab *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ The Ten Thousand Heroes Show is brought to you by Momentum Lab. I normally refer to Momentum Lab as an experiment-based coaching program or a goal accelerator. But it’s beyond that. It’s a deep investigation into Purpose, Vision, and what it takes to achieve our goals in every area of life. If you’re interested in falling in love with who you are, what you’re doing, or what you’re surrounded with, there’s two roads: Accepting what is Transforming your situation We help you do both. The best way of learning more is to sign up for our weekly newsletter, The Ten Thousand Heroes Club:
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#00107 Eric Grace: The Density of the Soul
10/14/2023
#00107 Eric Grace: The Density of the Soul
🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. Eric Grace is a kind of an angel. And he means that more literally than can you possibly imagine. He also estimates that 40% of us are in the same boat as him. This provenance is not always a blessing. It comes with challenges in adapting to life on Earth and mixing with the more Terran souls. Is that a challenging cosmology for you? It was for me. But Eric is also a pragmatist and grounds all his angelic talk in working with people to help them feel comfortable and use their gifts for the greater good. We also talk about his many adventures through the wilderness of isolation, community, and drama on the fringes of society. It’s thoroughly deep, thoroughly entertaining, and addresses head-on the questions every human has about meaning, purpose, and belonging. Eric’s website: *** About The Ten Thousand Heroes Show *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Why are you here? What is this short and fragile life about? These questions have easy answers in traditional cultures. You listen to the myths and stories of your elders and nod along. But once we’re exposed to the chaos and diversity of the larger world (#thanksglobalization), the simple narratives of our ancestors suddenly seem silly and unattractive. Rationality leads us into a desert of meaning. But it turns out that we left something important behind: Purpose. The Ten Thousand Heroes Show aims to restore our collective sense of meaning and fulfillment through demystifying purpose. We present empirical techniques and rational arguments for taking Purpose seriously, while leaving room for fun and mystery. And we interview inspiring humans along the way, each of whom has a clear sense of Purpose, and whose sense of Purpose has allowed their success. *** Show Links *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Voicemail: Email: [email protected] Show Archives: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: YouTube: Newsletter: Coaching Program: Upcoming In-Person Retreats: *** About Momentum Lab *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ The Ten Thousand Heroes Show is brought to you by Momentum Lab. I normally refer to Momentum Lab as an experiment-based coaching program or a goal accelerator. But it’s beyond that. It’s a deep investigation into Purpose, Vision, and what it takes to achieve our goals in every area of life. If you’re interested in falling in love with who you are, what you’re doing, or what you’re surrounded with, there’s two roads: Accepting what is Transforming your situation We help you do both. The best way of learning more is to sign up for our weekly newsletter, The Ten Thousand Heroes Club:
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Jeff Salzman: Four Reactions To Horrific Violence inside each one of us
10/12/2023
Jeff Salzman: Four Reactions To Horrific Violence inside each one of us
This is an excerpt from a conversation Jeff Salzman with the Developmental Alliance, with a brief preface from yours truly. Jeff posts Integral takes on the news regularly at (and I often join him!) 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. *** About The Ten Thousand Heroes Show *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Why are you here? What is this short and fragile life about? These questions have easy answers in traditional cultures. You listen to the myths and stories of your elders and nod along. But once we’re exposed to the chaos and diversity of the larger world (#thanksglobalization), the simple narratives of our ancestors suddenly seem silly and unattractive. Rationality leads us into a desert of meaning. But it turns out that we left something important behind: Purpose. The Ten Thousand Heroes Show aims to restore our collective sense of meaning and fulfillment through demystifying purpose. We present empirical techniques and rational arguments for taking Purpose seriously, while leaving room for fun and mystery. And we interview inspiring humans along the way, each of whom has a clear sense of Purpose, and whose sense of Purpose has allowed their success. *** Show Links *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Voicemail: Email: [email protected] Show Archives: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: YouTube: Newsletter: Coaching Program: Upcoming In-Person Retreats: *** About Momentum Lab *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ The Ten Thousand Heroes Show is brought to you by Momentum Lab. I normally refer to Momentum Lab as an experiment-based coaching program or a goal accelerator. But it’s beyond that. It’s a deep investigation into Purpose, Vision, and what it takes to achieve our goals in every area of life. If you’re interested in falling in love with who you are, what you’re doing, or what you’re surrounded with, there’s two roads: Accepting what is Transforming your situation We help you do both. The best way of learning more is to sign up for our weekly newsletter, The Ten Thousand Heroes Club:
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I've got my goals: What could possibly go wrong?
10/11/2023
I've got my goals: What could possibly go wrong?
There's two critical steps towards making the impact you want to make in the world: 1) Knowing what you want to do 2) Doing it Most people never figure out Step 1. But if you've worked hard enough to have a clear idea of what you want to do, you're still not out of the woods yet. For any plan of consequence there are lots and lots and lots and lots of things that can wrong. Most people ignore those possibilities and just "work hard" as the means to success. If you've gone down that road and know where it goes, and you're doing ignoring and avoiding all the possible pitfalls, you're ready for Night Vision! 🪐🛸🌍 How I Can Help You 🪐🛸🌍 📰 Weekly Inspiration on Meaning, Purpose, and Community 🎤 Inspiration Database (Podcast Archives) 🐘 Figure out and Deal with the One Thing that's blocking you (FREE 30-day course) 🔭 Find out and address Everything Possible Thing that could go wrong (4 days, in person) 🚀 Make more progress on what really matters next year than you did in the last 5 put together
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#00106 Karen Bonner: How To Use Your Dreams
10/08/2023
#00106 Karen Bonner: How To Use Your Dreams
🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸 ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. Karen Bonner had 3 sacred dreams when she was a teenager that continue to inform her life. Though her passion and work is analyzing dreams, she told me: “Do not pin down sacred dreams, like a butterfly on a board. Just let them be. Many dreams hold answers and questions for you. Sacred dreams only require honoring. That’s all they require.” I talk to Karen about her many years of NOT living her purpose, and what she did to stay present, on her to figuring out how to make dreams her reality. We discuss how dreams work, what they reveal, and how Karen can talk to you about your dreams. Karen’s website: *** About The Ten Thousand Heroes Show *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Why are you here? What is this short and fragile life about? These questions have easy answers in traditional cultures. You listen to the myths and stories of your elders and nod along. But once we’re exposed to the chaos and diversity of the larger world (#thanksglobalization), the simple narratives of our ancestors suddenly seem silly and unattractive. Rationality leads us into a desert of meaning. But it turns out that we left something important behind: Purpose. The Ten Thousand Heroes Show aims to restore our collective sense of meaning and fulfillment through demystifying purpose. We present empirical techniques and rational arguments for taking Purpose seriously, while leaving room for fun and mystery. And we interview inspiring humans along the way, each of whom has a clear sense of Purpose, and whose sense of Purpose has allowed their success. *** Show Links *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Voicemail: Email: [email protected] Show Archives: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: YouTube: Newsletter: Coaching Program: Upcoming In-Person Retreats: *** About Momentum Lab *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ The Ten Thousand Heroes Show is brought to you by Momentum Lab. I normally refer to Momentum Lab as an experiment-based coaching program or a goal accelerator. But it’s beyond that. It’s a deep investigation into Purpose, Vision, and what it takes to achieve our goals in every area of life. If you’re interested in falling in love with who you are, what you’re doing, or what you’re surrounded with, there’s two roads: Accepting what is Transforming your situation We help you do both. The best way of learning more is to sign up for our weekly newsletter, The Ten Thousand Heroes Club:
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#00105 Fabiana Fondevila: From Wonder To Action
10/01/2023
#00105 Fabiana Fondevila: From Wonder To Action
🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ ♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again. Fabiana Fondevila is a storyteller, teacher and spiritual activist, whose main passion is turning awe and inspiration into life-affirming action. She is the author of "Where Wonder Lives. Practices for Cultivating the Sacred in Your Daily Life", the founder of "Mujeres en acción" (Women in action), which empowers victims of gender violence, co-founder of Vivir Agradecidos, an organization that fosters grateful living, and other initiatives. She is currently writing a book about igniting and expanding the vital impulse, in our personal and collective lives. I talk to Fabiana about her current understanding of her purpose, how it has evolved, and what we might all get out of a greater focus on awe, wonder, and vitality, both individually and as a species. Fabiana's website: *** About The Ten Thousand Heroes Show *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Why are you here? What is this short and fragile life about? These questions have easy answers in traditional cultures. You listen to the myths and stories of your elders and nod along. But once we’re exposed to the chaos and diversity of the larger world (#thanksglobalization), the simple narratives of our ancestors suddenly seem silly and unattractive. Rationality leads us into a desert of meaning. But it turns out that we left something important behind: Purpose. The Ten Thousand Heroes Show aims to restore our collective sense of meaning and fulfillment through demystifying purpose. We present empirical techniques and rational arguments for taking Purpose seriously, while leaving room for fun and mystery. And we interview inspiring humans along the way, each of whom has a clear sense of Purpose, and whose sense of Purpose has allowed their success. *** Show Links *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ Voicemail: Email: [email protected] Show Archives: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: YouTube: Newsletter: Coaching Program: Upcoming In-Person Retreats: *** About Momentum Lab *** 🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️🦸♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼♂️🦸🏽♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽♂️🦸🏾♂️ The Ten Thousand Heroes Show is brought to you by Momentum Lab. I normally refer to Momentum Lab as an experiment-based coaching program or a goal accelerator. But it’s beyond that. It’s a deep investigation into Purpose, Vision, and what it takes to achieve our goals in every area of life. If you’re interested in falling in love with who you are, what you’re doing, or what you’re surrounded with, there’s two roads: Accepting what is Transforming your situation We help you do both. The best way of learning more is to sign up for our weekly newsletter, The Ten Thousand Heroes Club:
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#00104 We’re writing “The Book” on Purpose
09/02/2023
#00104 We’re writing “The Book” on Purpose
If I were to write a book about purpose today (I have another ~3 hours before I need to pick up Jasmine), what would it be about? Which is maybe the same question as: What are the most important questions for me to address on this show? In the audio/video version of the episode (links below!) I’ll explain these things a bit more, but here’s the rough outline version: Part I: Introducing Purpose Preface: A cocktail party in 2045 My goal for this book is to catalyze a fundamental change in how we relate to ourselves and each other. Chapter 1: What is Purpose? We begin by surveying various definitions of purpose and constructing our own, shared, understanding of purpose. Chapter 2: Purpose is Dead. Long Live Purpose? We look at how our definition of Purpose is related to definitions in our past, and what it means to “rescue” Purpose from religion. Part II: Why Purpose Matters Chapter 3: Why My Purpose Matters To Me: Happiness, Sexual Potency, and Infinite Wealth *** Some pragmatic motivators to help us understand how having a sense of Purpose could change your life. Chapter 4: Why My Purpose Matters To Us: World Peace and Human Potential Some ideological motivations for purpose. How human evolution is related to individual purpose. Part III: Finding Your Purpose Chapter 5: What Purpose Feels Like How do you know you are actually living your purpose and not just kidding yourself in order to be cool? Chapter 6: How To Find Your Purpose An incredibly simple and practical method that requires honest observation and introspection. Chapter 7: Purpose and Time How your Purpose may change over time and what that implies. Chapter 8: How To Use Purpose How you can use Knowing Your Purpose to change your state of mind, make better decisions, and build community, Chapter 9: Purpose and Heroism How living your Purpose is related to Heroism, and what is really going on (internally) when we investigate our purpose. Part IV: Purpose Traps Chapter 10: The Generality Trap My purpose is to be myself / My purpose is to help people Chapter 11: The Specificity Trap My purpose is to be an extra-innings pitcher for the Oakland A’s Chapter 12: The Enlightenment Trap My purpose is to Be Here Now Chapter 13: The Midas Trap My purpose is to make money Part V: After Purpose Chapter 14: Momentum Lab: How to do Anything An overview of Compound Momentum and using Purpose iteratively Chapter 15: Downscaling Purpose into Vision How to draft a supernaturally-sharp Vision rooted in your Purpose Chapter 16: Uncommon Consistency Once you have a detailed plan connected to your Purpose, the main challenge is doing it. ♥️If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ♥️♥️Of course, If your really liked this episode, subscribe to our newsletter to never miss an episode, get informed about live events, and do direct Q&A with me: About The Show: Why are you here? What is this short and fragile life about? These questions have easy answers in traditional cultures. You listen to the myths and stories of your elders and nod along. But once we’re exposed to the chaos and diversity of the larger world (#thanksglobalization), the simple narratives of our ancestors suddenly seem silly and unattractive. Rationality leads us into a desert of meaning. But it turns out that we left something important behind: Purpose The Ten Thousand Heroes Show aims to restore our collective sense of meaning and fulfillment through demystifying purpose. We present empirical techniques and rational arguments for taking Purpose seriously, while leaving room for fun and mystery. And we interview inspiring humans along the way, each of whom has a clear sense of Purpose, and whose sense of Purpose has allowed their success. Show Links: Voicemail: Email: [email protected] 10,000 Heroes: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: YouTube: Elephant In The Room Challenge: Newsletter: About our sponsor: 10,000 Heroes is brought to you by Momentum Lab. I normally refer to Momentum Lab as an experiment-based coaching program or a goal accelerator. But it’s beyond that. It’s a deep investigation into Purpose, Vision, and what it takes to achieve our goals in every area of life. If you’re interested in falling in love with who you are, what you’re doing, or what you’re surrounded with, there’s two roads: Accepting what is Transforming your situation We help you do both. The best way of learning more is to sign up for our weekly email: (Momentum) Lab Notes
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#00103 How To Find Your Purpose
08/23/2023
#00103 How To Find Your Purpose
There’s two things I want to do today: Explain how you find your purpose (according to me, today) Share the “pre-interview” video I made for my upcoming guests. It’s a simple two-step method that involves asking a specific question and then running experiments based on the answer. Everyday I run into people – in person, at parties, through email, and through this podcast, who are, for lack of a better word, lost. Maybe they’re “stuck”. Or “questioning”. Or “on a journey”. Or “at a transition point”. Or “needing something different”. A lot of the time it has to do with this essential part of our human experience that is mostly disregarded in modern society. Purpose. So here we are at The Ten Thousand Heroes Club. It’s our community of purpose. If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. Of course, If your really liked this episode, subscribe to our newsletter to never miss an episode, get informed about live events, and do direct Q&A with me: About The Show: Why are you here? What is this short and fragile life about? These questions have easy answers in traditional cultures. You listen to the myths and stories of your elders and nod along. But once we’re exposed to the chaos and diversity of the larger world (#thanksglobalization), the simple narratives of our ancestors suddenly seem silly and unattractive. Rationality leads us into a desert of meaning. But it turns out that we left something important behind: Purpose The Ten Thousand Heroes Show aims to restore our collective sense of meaning and fulfillment through demystifying purpose. We present empirical techniques and rational arguments for taking Purpose seriously, while leaving room for fun and mystery. And we interview inspiring humans along the way, each of whom has a clear sense of Purpose, and whose sense of Purpose has allowed their success. Show Links: Voicemail: Email: [email protected] 10,000 Heroes: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: YouTube: Elephant In The Room Challenge: Newsletter: About our sponsor: 10,000 Heroes is brought to you by Momentum Lab. I normally refer to Momentum Lab as an experiment-based coaching program or a goal accelerator. But it’s beyond that. It’s a deep investigation into Purpose, Vision, and what it takes to achieve our goals in every area of life. If you’re interested in falling in love with who you are, what you’re doing, or what you’re surrounded with, there’s two roads: Accepting what is Transforming your situation We help you do both. The best way of learning more is to sign up for our weekly email: (Momentum) Lab Notes
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#102 George Moore: Seeing AIDS as a Teacher, not a Curse
08/14/2023
#102 George Moore: Seeing AIDS as a Teacher, not a Curse
A couple of months ago, at an in-person event I helped organize to connect people with their Visions, I met George Moore. Towards the end of the retreat, when offered the choice between a plant-based bug spray and the DEET version, he said: “Oh, give me the chemicals. They’ve been keeping me alive for over 30 years anyways” That moment planted a seed of curiosity in me, and this interview is the result. George shares a small fraction of near-death experiences as a man living with HIV/AIDS from 1989 to now, and how it led him to renounce his possessions and his identity during the journey. He is a mystic in the best sense of the word, having chosen to take constructive lessons on how to live and love from years of pain and discomfort. Listen to George. He’ll blow your mind. ❤️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. ❤️❤️ Of course, If your really liked this episode, subscribe to our newsletter to never miss an episode, get informed about live events, and do direct Q&A with me: About The Show: Why are you here? What is this short and fragile life about? These questions have easy answers in traditional cultures. You listen to the myths and stories of your elders and nod along. But once we’re exposed to the chaos and diversity of the larger world (#thanksglobalization), the simple narratives of our ancestors suddenly seem silly and unattractive. Rationality leads us into a desert of meaning. But it turns out that we left something important behind: Purpose The Ten Thousand Heroes Show aims to restore our collective sense of meaning and fulfillment through demystifying purpose. We present empirical techniques and rational arguments for taking Purpose seriously, while leaving room for fun and mystery. And we interview inspiring humans along the way, each of whom has a clear sense of Purpose, and whose sense of Purpose has allowed their success. Show Links: Voicemail: Email: [email protected] 10,000 Heroes: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: YouTube: Elephant In The Room Challenge: Newsletter: About our sponsor: 10,000 Heroes is brought to you by Momentum Lab. I normally refer to Momentum Lab as an experiment-based coaching program or a goal accelerator. But it’s beyond that. It’s a deep investigation into Purpose, Vision, and what it takes to achieve our goals in every area of life. If you’re interested in falling in love with who you are, what you’re doing, or what you’re surrounded with, there’s two roads: Accepting what is Transforming your situation We help you do both. The best way of learning more is to sign up for our weekly email: (Momentum) Lab Notes
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