MUDWTR: Trends with Benefits

#123 High Cuisine and Redefining Cannabis Culture with Nicole DiMascio May 01, 2024

Explore the kitchen and beyond with Nicole DiMascio, the creative force behind "Dope Kitchen." As a weed enthusiast and content creator, Nicole is redefining the cannabis culture by challenging the old stoner stereotypes with her dynamic blend of mindful cannabis use, healthy cooking, and active living. Nicole opens up about her journey from viral social media success to building a community that values a balanced lifestyle. Discover how her advocacy and innovative approach are transforming perceptions and promoting a more inclusive and responsible view of cannabis use.

#122 MUD\WTR's Shane Heath: Fueling a Business and Personal Evolution Through Art, Adaptogens and Action Mar 13, 2024

Long before Shane Heath became the founder and CEO of MUD\WTR, he was already on a mission to create healthy minds through healthy habits. Battling depression and anxiety from a young age, Heath traveled both the world and his own interior landscape to shift and evolve his perspective continually. He’s turned his personal journey into a company that’s committed to curiosity, self-exploration and community engagement. Whether in his role as a father, jiu-jitsu practitioner or supporter of psychedelic research, Heath has fostered a “get to” rather than “have to” mindset that uplifts the idea that if you change your mind, you can change anything.

Learn more about Shane Heath’s stance on psychedelics here: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/mudwtr-supports-psychedelics

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#121 Embracing Vulnerability for True Intimacy with Kiana Reeves Feb 14, 2024

Navigating authentic intimate relationships can have us twisting ourselves into emotional states that would make the Kama Sutra blush. Yet doing the work of self-reflection while being open to change can create profound connections, both with ourselves and others. By embracing our vulnerability and maintaining open communication, we can enrich our erotic lives and overall well-being. But where to start? Somatic Sex Educator Kiana Reeves offers a deep exploration into how intimacy, embodiment, and emotional well-being are interwoven, our personal responsibility in healing and the importance of cultivating meaningful relationships.

Learn more about Kiana Reeves here: https://www.kianareeves.com/

Learn more about the importance of connection here: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/why-gathering-with-friends-is-good-for-your-health

#120 Discovering Herbal Wisdom: Rachelle Robinett's Journey to Holistic Health Jan 17, 2024

Curiosity and listening are powerful tools on our healing journeys. Rachelle Robinett, founder and CEO of Pharmakon Supernatural, knows that to create profound growth and transformation, we need to be intrigued with what we consume—orally, visually and auditorily—and how that impacts our ability to lead balanced, satisfying lives. She shares insights on how the kitchen is a healing place, from the food we eat to the company we keep, and how anything has the potential to be medicine.

Learn more about Rachelle Robinett here:

https://www.ursupernatural.com/shop-all

Learn more about how to consume intentionally here: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/so-you-want-to-do-a-dopamine-detox

#119 Exploring Psychedelic Therapy for Immigrants and Refugees With Malek Asfeer Dec 27, 2023

What if every aspect of your life was suddenly disrupted? You can’t go to your job, you can’t see your friends and family, you can’t go home. For refugees and immigrants, such challenges compound with a lack of access to safe and inclusive healing modalities—including psychedelics. Enter Malek Asfeer, whose dedication to humanitarian causes includes organizing psychedelic retreats for refugees and immigrants, aiming to transform consciousness and promote healing in the Middle East. He reminds us that to truly heal, community support and integration are crucial. So, how do you show up for those in need? Asfeer has some suggestions to help you get started.

Learn more about Malek Asfeer’s work here: https://unlimitedsciences.org/fundraiser/

Learn more about psychedelic research here: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/psychedelic-researchers-talk-mental-health

#118 Getting to the Root of Seasonal Depression - Dr. LeTa Jussila Nov 15, 2023

As the Northern Hemisphere turns towards winter, many of us are feeling not only the encroaching dark and cold weather but also seasonal depression. While hustle culture pushes us to keep grinding, what we actually need is a little extra TLC. Enter LeTa Jussila, a Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Licensed Herbalist and Fitness Trainer. She guides us to find holistic balance, going beyond symptoms to reach the roots of what ails us. We talk about joyful movement, food as medicine, sounds that heal, and a MUD\WTR favorite—microdosing. Tune in for your seasonal tune-up.

Learn more about LeTa Jussila here: https://doctorleta.com

Learn more about why MUD\WTR allows microdosing at work here: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/why-mud-wtr-allows-microdosing-at-work

#117 Mental Health Is a Mosaic and Your Treatment Should Be Too - Dr. Raghu Appasani & Dorna Pourang Oct 18, 2023

We’re in the midst of a mental health crisis. More people are seeking mental health treatments than ever before. But while therapy is part of the solution, it’s not the final answer. On today’s episode, Dr. Raghu Appasani, a board-certified Integrative and Addiction psychiatrist, and Dorna Pourang, a psychedelic clinical research specialist, combine their wisdom and practices to discuss how therapy, psychedelics, and a holistic web of care can work together to better support our mental health.

Learn more about psychedelic research here: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits

Learn more about Dr. Raghu Appasani and Dorna Pourang here: https://mudwtr.com/pages/advisors

#116 The Joy of Well-Being: Why You Should Focus on Your Joyspan with Authors Colleen and Jason Wachob Sep 13, 2023

How can we infuse a little bit more joy into health and well-being? How can we forge more meaningful connections? How do we identify our purpose? These are some of the deep inquiries we explore within and amongst ourselves. They can be overwhelming, and often we put off looking for the answers until a crisis hits. Fortunately, MindBodyGreen founders Colleen and Jason Wachob, through holistic and science-based modalities, are here to offer some guidance. They talk about their book The Joy of Well-Being, and why they’re less concerned with our lifespans and more focused on our joyspans.

Learn more about MindBodyGreen here: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/

Learn more about how to have soulful conversations here: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/can-a-single-conversation-change-your-relationship-forever

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#115 The Skin Deep Questions: How Emmy Award-Winning Director Topaz Adizes Is Changing the Way We Talk to Each Other Aug 09, 2023

Lao Tzu said, “We make a vessel from a lump of clay, but it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.” We often ignore the space in between, but Emmy Award-winning director, author, and experience designer Topaz Adizes knows that’s where the magic is. He believes in asking each other the right questions to provoke and challenge us. In the space between what is said, the space between listening and reacting, lies the possibility of shifting the direction of our lives.

Learn more about The Skin Deep: theskindeep.com

Learn why gathering with friends is good for your health, according to science: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/why-gathering-with-friends-is-good-for-your-health

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#114 Healing and Harmony Through Forest Bathing with Olga Terebenina Jul 19, 2023

Shirin Yoku, AKA forest bathing, is a mindfulness practice where you immerse yourself in the atmosphere of nature for health and well-being. It can alleviate symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress, as well as help improve sleep. In today’s sensory exploration, Olga Terebenina, co-founder of The Forest Bathing Institute, shares how this practice of connecting with nature offers us a chance to heal ourselves and the world around us.

Learn more about the benefits of getting outside here: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/5-reasons-to-go-outside

Learn more about The Forest Bathing Institute here: https://tfb.institute/

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#113 Unbreakable melodies: Music, Addiction, and Healing - Melissa Etheridge Jun 28, 2023

Rockstar Melissa Etheridge is a cultural icon, activist, and mother who founded the nonprofit, Etheridge Foundation. The foundation supports the development of transformative plant medicine treatments. She shares her own journey with psychedelics, the concerns of neglecting holistic healing in favor of pharmaceuticals and offers a powerful message for those struggling with the pain of addiction.

Learn more about the Etheridge Foundation here: https://www.etheridgefoundation.org/

Learn more about the use of psychedelics for opioid addiction treatment here: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/can-psychedelics-help-fight-opioid-epidemic

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#112 Queering Psychedelics with Mia Sarno Jun 14, 2023

Mia Sarno, aka “Dr. Mimi” is a gender-fluid, pansexual licensed clinical psychologist working with a clinic providing ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, and is a study therapist for research with LSD and psilocybin. For this Pride Month episode, we dive into what “queering” means, why it’s important, and the both oppressive and liberatory past, present, and future of psychedelics within the LGBTQIA+ community.

Content Notes: mentions of suicide and sexual trauma

Dr. Mimi: https://www.drmimipsyd.com

Book: https://synergeticpress.com/catalog/queering-psychedelics-from-oppression-to-liberation-in-psychedelic-medicine/

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#111 Treating Veterans with Psychedelics - The Heroic Hearts Project - Jesse Gould May 31, 2023

Former Army Ranger Jesse Gould is a frontrunner for psychedelic therapies for veterans. As the founder of the Heroic Hearts Project, he has spearheaded the research and acceptance of ayahuasca, ibogaine, ketamine and psilocybin therapy programs for military veterans. But that’s just the beginning of Gould’s work. His bigger vision encompasses what happens after a healing journey, including creating new systems with effective peer support. As Gould says, “Veterans are inherently people of service.” Listen to learn how his project gives hope to those who have given so much.

Learn how a U.S Army Ranger Captain found healing through Psychedelics:

https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/how-us-army-ranger-found-healing-through-psychedelics

Learn 9 tips for psychedelic integration:

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#110 How to Stop Jumping to Conclusions (:micro) May 24, 2023

We can’t control how others think, feel, or behave, but that doesn’t stop us from trying. One of the ways we do this is through self-centric storytelling. We make assumptions about others that put us at the center of the action. But that leaves us organizing around fear and control instead of truth and love. Today’s pod challenges you to upgrade the stories you tell about yourself and others to bring ease and accuracy to your worst-case scenarios.

Learn how to quiet your inner critic:

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#109 How to Find Balance in Relationships: Interdependence vs. Co-dependence May 17, 2023

Worried your relationships might have some codependent characteristics? They might. We’re social creatures, and whether we like it or not, we need each other. But sometimes, how we give and receive support devolves into unhealthy patterns of relating. So how do we remain interdependent without crossing the line into compliance, control and denial?

Learn more about how to set healthy boundaries in relationships: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/what-having-boundaries-looks-like

Fighting at Night? Going to Bed Mad Might Actually Help: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/fighting-at-night-going-to-bed-mad-might-actually-help

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#108 A Simple Hack to Shift Your Mood (:micro) May 10, 2023

Do you have a favorite mood? Our frame of mind influences our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It also affects our relationships and our experiences. While so much of life is out of our control, one thing we can actively shape for the better is our mood. And we don’t just mean “Think happy thoughts” (does that actually work for anyone?) However, some moods are more generative than others, like curiosity versus defensiveness. If you’re dissatisfied with your default disposition, it might be time to turn off emotional cruise control and consciously choose how to orient yourself to the world around you.

Learn how to shift your mood through gratitude:: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/science-of-gratitude

Learn more about how caffeine negatively impacts your mood and why so many people are looking for coffee replacements: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/why-coffee-replacement

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#107 Three Mindfulness Tools that aren't Meditation (:micro) May 03, 2023

Feel resistant to meditation? Or maybe you want to meditate more, but a formal practice feels out of reach because you don’t have the time or energy. Plus, it can be a little daunting to sit quietly with yourself after all the busyness of our distraction-filled lifestyles. Or maybe you just think meditation is boring. Meditation is a wonderful tool, but it’s not the only way to shape our perception of our experiences. So, if you’re struggling with meditation for any reason, I’d like to offer you the stepping stone to mindfulness. This step is a kind of attention training but can happen anytime, anywhere, to help you be in the present moment.

Learn more about mindfulness techniques: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/why-to-start-breathwork

Want to reduce caffeine intake for your mental health? Check out MUD\WTR’s coffee detox program: https://mudwtr.com/pages/coffee-detox

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#106 Why Walking is Good for Our Mental Health (:micro) Apr 26, 2023

Walking is a balm for our mental health, but something we neglect to do because, doesn’t it just seem too easy to actually help? Sometimes, it’s hard to believe something so simple (not to mention free) can provide so much benefit. But walking can improve our overall mood, reduce stress and anxiety and even help us sleep better. Plus, unstructured meandering can boost creativity. Friedrich Nietzsche believed, “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”

Learn more about this episode and healthy habits: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits

Want to know the best time of day to walk? Learn more here: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/best-time-to-exercise

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#105 The Power of Psychedelic Retreats with Neil Markey (:macro) Apr 19, 2023

After his time as a US Army Ranger, Neil Markey underwent a profound healing journey with mindfulness and psychedelics. He co-founded Beckley Retreats, a center that explores the power of psilocybin to improve our well-being. But Markey knows true health isn’t just a “one-and-done” experience. Markey emphasizes a holistic approach to healing that includes breathwork, meditation, integration practices and plenty of time in nature. His work offers hopeful possibilities to those struggling within the limits of mainstream medicine.

Learn more about psychedelics for mental health: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/berkeley-center-science-psychedelics-imran-khan

Learn how to to start a breathwork practice: https://mudwtr.com/blogs/trends-with-benefits/why-to-start-breathwork

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#104 How to Manage Morning Anxiety (:micro) Apr 12, 2023

Our world slowly slides into focus as we cross the threshold from dreaming to waking. How do you feel in those first moments of waking? Well-rested and relaxed? Or vaguely anxious and stressed? These early morning minutes highly influence the rest of our day. This means the morning is prime time to cultivate awareness and intentionality for the tone we’d like to set for our schedules. Today’s episode offers some easy tools to get your baseline stress down so you're better prepared for what lies ahead.

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#103 The Importance of Atomic Habits with Raghu Appasani (:macro) Apr 05, 2023

For the past couple of months, the MUD\WTR fam has been exploring the power of Atomic Habits by James Clear. We’ve read together and shared our successes and struggles with habit change. Today, we’re celebrating the culmination of our first-ever book club. We’re joined by MUD\WTR’s mental health advisor Raghu Appasani, who reminds us that regardless of how much progress we’ve made on our goals, we should hold ourselves with kindness and ask ourselves not just who we want to be but also, “How do I want to feel?”

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#102 Embrace Your Laziness (:micro) Mar 29, 2023

James Clear, author of "Atomic Habits," says, "It is human nature to follow the Law of Least Effort." According to Clear, when we choose between two similar options, we "naturally gravitate toward the option that requires the least amount of work." Because we value ease and convenience, choosing the path of least resistance makes sense when cultivating our long-term goals. So take it easy, and let your laziness work for, not against you.

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#101 Your New Rest Ritual: Dreamwork (:micro) Mar 22, 2023

Dreaming can be a form of overnight therapy, helping us creatively problem solve and process difficult emotions. Unfortunately, we chronically disrupt our sleep with too much screen time, alcohol, and caffeine, and not enough sunlight and exercise. Would you like to build better habits so you can tap into the healing power of dreamwork? Then check out today’s pod to help you design your newest rest ritual.

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#100 Find Compassion for Your Flawed Habits (:micro) Mar 15, 2023

For our hundredth episode I asked myself, “What does the MUD\WTR fam need most right now?” We’re creative, curious and care about our well-being, as well as the world around us. But even with all our mindfulness, we still make mistakes and have vices we haven’t been able to shake. We break our hearts trying to force ourselves to change before we have the time, energy or skillset to make different choices. For this special episode, I want to show you how to be more compassionate so you can stop the self-flagellation and remove any obstacles to being your best self.

What are your life-draining habits?

What are you not ready to change?

What obstacles can you remove to create a state of readiness for change?

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#99 The Impacts of Daylight Savings and Finding Your Circadian Rhythm with Jeffery Durmer (:macro) Mar 08, 2023

Dr. Jeffrey Durmer knows sleep is of prime importance. As a sleep neuroscientist, neurobiologist and neurologist, he’s an authority on how sleep creates physical, mental and emotional resilience. He says, “If you're going to build a house, you want to build it on the best foundation you can possibly make,” and that means prioritizing healthy sleep. While he works with elite athletes on sleep protocols for optimal recovery, he has plenty of suggestions for the rest of us—including how to create a simple sleep sanctuary and a restful nighttime routine. And by the way, Daylight Savings Time has got to go.

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#98 If You Can Change Your Mind, You Can Change Anything (:micro) Mar 01, 2023

Our consciousness exists within—and is shaped by—space and time, our parents and peers and the larger culture. We can invite ourselves to notice what we include in our awareness, what we leave out and how our contexts impact us. In that awareness, we can develop a value system, which helps us define our sense of self. Once we design where we place our attention, we can shape our experience; then our lives begin to change.

Do you have a consistent reflective practice?

What do you include in your awareness?

How does what you notice shape your experience of yourself, the past, the present and what you want for your future?

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#97 Three Steps to Cope When Life Becomes Overwhelming (:micro) Feb 22, 2023

Living in a human body comes with its unique set of limitations. We have the capacity to soar to great heights, but also sink to some serious lows. Sometimes it takes all the energy we have just to get out of bed, shower or feed ourselves. So how do you make yourself feel better when it feels like you can’t do anything? Today’s episode offers some low-effort interventions that can help.

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#96 Three Ways to Practice Loving Yourself (:micro) Feb 15, 2023

Self-love needs to be a practice before it becomes an embodied state. But where to start? We thought it meant taking bubble baths and eating chocolate, but rituals of ease and pleasure only scratch the surface. So instead of giving you a list of strategies you’ve already heard before, I want to ask you: Who are you? What is love? And why does self-love matter to you? Nobody can answer these questions for you, but I can show you some possibilities.

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#95 Cordyceps, Zombies, and the Apocalypse with Matt Held - Manager of R&D with MUD\WTR (:macro) Feb 08, 2023

We know the fungi cordyceps can infect ants and manipulate their behavior. But could cordyceps evolve to control us? That’s the premise of the post-apocalyptic TV drama, “The Last of Us.” The show inspires mycelial horror as a mutant cordyceps infection causes human society to collapse. It flips the script on how we typically think of cordyceps, which is consumed to improve many aspects of health and cognitive performance, including learning capacity and memory. I talk with Matt Held, senior research and development manager at MUD/WTR, to discuss what the show gets right, and what it gets wrong, about this zombie fungus.

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#94 Overcoming Doubt using Rituals with Shane Heath (:macro) Feb 02, 2023

Shane Heath—founder and CEO of MUD\WTR—shares a ritual for how to overcome the voice of doubt as well as how to make the most of the 4,000 weeks of life each of us has, on average, on this planet. We also talk about the power of “Atomic Habits” by James Clear as we dive into MUD’s new book club.

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#93 Have You Ever Lost Yourself in a Relationship? (:micro) Jan 25, 2023

We all want to be wanted, but sometimes we become so enmeshed with others that we lose our sense of self. Our boundaries waffle, our preferences dim, and we play host to other people’s emotions, feeling grumpiness or anxiety that isn’t actually ours. Today’s episode answers a listener's question about how to separate what’s yours from what’s theirs so you can connect from wholeness, not habit.

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#92 Guide to Be A Thoughtful Psychonaut (:micro) Jan 18, 2023

Psychedelics blur where we bump against the limits of the self as an individual and something else begins. They inspire a sense of being connected to something larger than ourselves, of being one with each other and earth consciousness. How can we relationally and responsibly engage with psychedelics? So what’s our responsibility to the plants and people and planet that make all transcendence possible?

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#91 Is it OK to Go to Bed Mad? (:micro) Jan 11, 2023

Ever wanted to battle it out with your partner at night but they were too tired, and then the sound of them drifting off to sleep enraged you? Maybe you exchanged prickly words right before turning down the covers and wound up curled away from each other in fetal position, being careful not to touch. Rather than losing precious REM to talk things out, what you may need in these situations is a good night’s sleep. Think I’m dreaming? Then listen to today’s episode on how to shut your eyes—and mouth—for less processing and more peace.

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#90 To Build Better Habits, Get Comfortable Failing (:micro) Jan 04, 2023

Change is hard, it can stress us out and disrupt our routine. It takes energy and sometimes giving up on a new habit is a guilty relief because we have a chance to recover from all that effort. But failing is part of the practice. So how do you pick yourself back up and try again? If you need a spotter, I got you, with six steps to a more compassionate, and realistic, approach to change.

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#89 A Prequel to Gratitude (:micro) Dec 28, 2022

We’ve all heard about how beneficial it is to have a gratitude practices. It improves your mood, health, and relationships by focusing on the good rather than dwelling on the bad. But what if you aren’t able to feel grateful? What if you’re stressed out, disappointed or angry? If forcing yourself to feel grateful is aggravating your anxiety instead of alleviating it, help is on the way. I have a practice designed to help you take a small step back toward your center—instead of trying to pole vault into gratitude.

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#88 Is it Seasonal Depression or Just Our Grind Culture? (:micro) Dec 21, 2022

In The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Medicine it is said: “People and nature are inseparable. In nature the cyclical movement of the heavenly bodies produces atmospheric influences that exert control over the rhythms of the seasons and is responsible for change to the myriad living and nonliving things…the coldness of winter forces inactivity and storing.” Do you feel like you’ve been inactive and storing this winter? Or do you feel like you’re running around, doing too much, without enough daylight to get it all done? Of course the seasons affect us. The question is: what can we do when culture prevents us from responding to nature’s changes?

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#87 Life Lessons from Wise One María Sabina (:micro) Dec 13, 2022

The story of María Sabina, a curandera who helped bring psychedelic mushrooms to the west, shows the pleasure and pain that results when ancient medicine suffers a culture clash. So for all of you self-experimenting with entheogens to explore altered states of consciousness to be your best self, great! But…how are you helping those that help you help yourself?

Sara

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#86 A Guide For Facing Indecision (:micro) Dec 07, 2022

Do you spend most of your time feeling indecisive, second-guessing yourself and stressing over the smallest decisions? Chill. That just means you’re a human being responding to a world that’s been turned upside-down. Still, we need to be able to figure out what to make for dinner, which jobs to turn down and who to build community with. In today’s episode, I offer some general guidelines for how to make more satisfying decisions—big or small.

Sara

:microdose host

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#85 Six Core Needs that Drive Us (:micro) Dec 01, 2022

We all have core needs, but each comes with its own potential benefits and costs. We build towards stability, but crave variety; in order to create authentic connection, we need our individual integrity. To create a life of purpose and meaning, we need to find our personal balance between these complementary, yet contradictory motivations. Luckily, some wise guides have created a map of the six core human needs to show us how we can choose our own adventures.

Sara

:microdose host

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Repost: MUD\WTR’s Shane Heath on How To Hire, Journaling Techniques and How Not to Use a Hyperbaric Chamber (:macro) Nov 28, 2022

FREEZE OUR FOUNDER: MUD\WTR’s Shane Heath faces his cold plunge challenge TODAY at 4 p.m. PST. Place an order in the MUD\WTR store before then, and we’ll add a little extra time to Shane’s total plunge time. Tune in to watch it all go down on IG Live: @drinkmudwtr

We're also donating 5% of all new sales to the MINDS Foundation, a group that provides mental health resources in India.

While you’re stocking up on mud, listen back to our conversation with Shane where he tells the story of how a hyperbaric chamber nearly killed him.

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#84 Three Sneaky Things That Rob Your Energy (:micro) Nov 23, 2022

Some aspects of modern life are just flat-out exhausting. Working a job where you’re underpaid and undervalued. The ongoing climate catastrophe and never-ending systemic oppression. And of course, our digital devices that keep us locked in a loop of competition, comparison and a compulsion to be constantly plugged in.

But other things sneak up on us, slowly but surely draining us of our vitality. Sara Russell offers three tips to stop your mind from leaking your life force, so that you can flow into focus and creativity.

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#83 How Do You Start Dating a Friend? (:micro) Nov 17, 2022

Hollywood loves to sell us the romance of friends falling in love with each other. But how do you go from friends to lovers when you don’t have writers and directors telling you what comes next? In today’s episode, I give you a script to follow when your best friend starts giving you butterflies so you have a shot at your own happily ever after.

Sara

:microdose host

Relationship Anarchy Smorgasbord

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#82 From Prison to Permaculture - Chris Burroughs (:macro) Nov 15, 2022

After serving 14 years in prison, 90 days of which were in solitary confinement, Chris Buroughs is now the director of Garden 31, a group that works to localize food production in San Diego's low income neighborhoods by training new farmers with a focus on formerly incarcerated men and women as well as those suffering from substance abuse issues.

MUD\FILMS’ new ‘Rituals’ series explores the enduring daily habits of people we admire.

In ‘The Importance of Ritual: From Prison to Leading a Fulfilling Life,’ the formerly incarcerated urban gardener Chris Burroughs uses routine and nature to expand his world … instead of making it smaller. Chris is up and at ’em before the sun comes up, bringing his body, his mind and his dog into total alignment.

Watch the film on YouTube.

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#81 How to Handle Burnout (:micro) Nov 10, 2022

Thanks to our jobs, the way we monetize our hobbies, the endless multi-tasking and the constant notifications from our devices, we don’t ever stop working. We don’t rest. We’re in a culture of chronic stress and it’s affecting our mental health. I’m not here to give you more stretches you can do at your desk to help you work longer. I’m here to teach you how to leave burnout on read.

Sara

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#80 Madame Gandhi on Electronic Music, Liberation, and Personal Power (:macro) Nov 08, 2022

After serving 14 years in prison, 90 days of which were in solitary confinement, Chris Buroughs is now the director of Garden 31, a group that works to localize food production in San Diego's low income neighborhoods by training new farmers with a focus on formerly incarcerated men and women as well as those suffering from substance abuse issues.

MUD\FILMS’ new ‘Rituals’ series explores the enduring daily habits of people we admire.

In ‘The Importance of Ritual: From Prison to Leading a Fulfilling Life,’ the formerly incarcerated urban gardener Chris Burroughs uses routine and nature to expand his world … instead of making it smaller. Chris is up and at ’em before the sun comes up, bringing his body, his mind and his dog into total alignment.

Watch the film on YouTube.

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#79 How to Avoid Being Drained by Emotional Vampires (:micro) Nov 03, 2022

Tired of people throwing their emotional garbage in your driveway, leaving you to clean up the mess? If you’re done letting other people trash your energy, listen to today’s episode for a practice that will help you clear out what’s not yours, fill back up with the good stuff and protect you from the racoons of other people’s problems.

Sara

:microdose host

Exercise:

Know what’s yours, and what’s theirs. If it’s theirs, clear it out.
Fill yourself back up with you—your thoughts, emotions and dreams.
Practice re-centering: Turn the static down, get outside in the open air and do whatever you need to create more space in your body.

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#78 Joey Odom on the Dangers of Digital Addiction (:macro) Nov 01, 2022

Joey Odom is the co-founder of Aro, a company that’s working to address cell phone addiction. In the first half of this podcast, Joey interviews me. Then, we flip it around and I interview Joey (crazy I know), before diving into the dangers of digital addiction. Joey was introduced to me by the great Chris Keener of MUD\FILMS. Thanks Chris, Joey didn't disappoint.

Kyle

:macro host

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#77 How to Quiet Your Inner Critic Pt. 1 (:micro) Oct 27, 2022

Is someone living rent-free inside your head? If your mind feels like a big family dinner where everybody gives their opinion on how you should be living your life, and then you get stuck cleaning up their dishes, it’s time for a quiet mind retreat. In this episode, I’ll show you how to stop extra thoughts weighing you down, so your mind feels less like it’s going home for the holidays … and more like it’s napping by a clear mountain lake.

Sara

:micro host

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#76 Mark Divine on Commanding Navy SEAL Teams and Practicing Zen Meditation (:macro) Oct 25, 2022

Mark Divine (@realmarkdivine) is a Navy SEAL Commander and Zen meditation practitioner. After a successful 20 year career as a Navy SEAL, Mark was hired to create a nationwide coaching and leadership program for the U.S. Navy’s primary operations force. The program aims to give the SEALs the best leadership and mental management tools in the world, and to help them forge unbeatable teams that achieve mission success in the most stressful, challenging environments on earth.

Recently, Divine and his Courage Foundation team set a world record by completing over 22 million burpees to raise awareness, support and funding for our Veteran heroes.

Kyle

:macro host

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#75 Sex and Psychedelics (:micro) Oct 20, 2022

Sex and drugs are two of the most powerful tools we can use to alter our consciousness. Separately, they hold the power of transformation and healing. Because of this, they’re hotly-debated, steeped in stigmas and assumptions, and heavily regulated. So if sex and psychedelics can shake up the status quo on their own, what happens when we combine them? How can we do so with intention?

Exercise:

What’s your ideal set and setting?

If you’re exploring sex and psychedelics with a partner, do you and the other person have compatible intentions?

Have you explicitly communicated what your intentions are?

Need help? Try the “Wheel of Consent” exercise by Betty Martin:

https://bettymartin.org/videos/

https://brittaloved.com

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#74 Scott Norton on The Power of Analogies, Lessons Learned from Steve Jobs, and Why to Start with “Why” Oct 18, 2022

Scott Norton (@swhnorton) is a venture capitalist and MUD\WTR board member. He previously co-founded Sir Kensington's—the brand that’s best known for making condiments with character. At Sir Kensington’s, he raised over $20 million from investors, guiding the company to a successful acquisition by Unilever in 2017.

Scott has been named one of Fast Company's “Most Creative People in Business” and listed on Forbes' “30 Under 30.”

About a year ago, I gave Scott one of his first surfing lessons at Venice Beach. On the wave he maintained a low, crouched position and kept his eyes straight ahead … just like I told him. Nice job, Scott!

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#73 How to Start (and Stick With) Good Writing Habits (:micro) Oct 13, 2022

There’s something about putting pen to paper that helps us separate the wheat from the chaff. Journaling helps us track what is working in our lives and what needs to change, bringing both our fears and dreams into the light of awareness. Know all this, but you’re still not doing it? Here are some tips to get you started with a consistent journaling habit.

Try this journaling exercise:

Designate a specific time each day to sit down and write.
Set a timer for, say, three minutes. When the timer goes off, stop writing!
Make sure to have your writing prompts ready.

The trick is to “James Clear” it: Make the journaling task obvious, attractive, easy and satisfying.

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#72 The Future of Burning Man is at Fly Ranch - Zac Cirivello (:macro) Oct 11, 2022

Zac Cirivello is the Operations Manager of Fly Ranch, a 3,800-acre ranch 12 miles north of Burning Man’s Black Rock City home base in Northern Nevada. Abiding by Burning Man's 10 core principles, Fly Ranch is an alternative community which hosts campouts, work days and more than 700 public nature walks. Projects are organized by hundreds of volunteers and tend to focus on reconnection, healing, human creativity and the land. —Kyle

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#71 What Are Hot Ways to Ask for Consent? (:micro) Oct 06, 2022

Imagine if you were able to get exactly what you wanted sexually because you knew how to communicate it clearly. Imagine giving someone mind blowing pleasure because you could hear and respond like a sexual black belt. Would you like to know more? (See how I just checked for consent?) Listen in and learn how.

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#70 William Padilla-Brown On Growing Mushrooms, Meditation, & Unplugging from the Zombie Matrix (:macro) Oct 04, 2022

William Padilla-Brown (@mycosymbite) is a citizen mycologist and author of the Cordyceps Cultivation Handbook. He's also one of the most verbally fluid, big thinking, paradigm-rocking mother truckers I've ever met in all of my nine lives! Will swung by MUD\WTR to teach a mushroom cultivating workshop and we featured his new film, The Fungal Fortunes of William Padilla-Brown.

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#69 Shane Heath On How To Hire, Journaling Techniques, & Microdosing Ayahuasca (:macro) Sep 29, 2022

Shane Heath (@somanypossibilities) is MUD\WTR's founder & CEO. He's also my boss. So, I'd like to take a moment to talk about his biceps. They're like pythons, or wet rope. And lately he's been looking extra youthful, like a baby. A super-jacked baby with vision. I think it's because of his new hyperbaric chamber, which we discuss in this episode. It almost killed him because he didn't read the directions before climbing inside. We talk about that too. Please tell Shane how much you loved this episode so I can keep my job.—Kyle

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#68 How Can Being Sober Impact Your Friendships? Sep 27, 2022

Turns out peer pressure isn’t just for school kids—even adults get labeled as untrustworthy buzzkills for opting out of that last shot. But why do our friends take it so personally when we make choices about our own bodies? This episode explores why the pack takes it so personally when we defy convention by choosing to stay sober.

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#67 Chris Keener On Near-death Experiences, Travel, & Questions to Fall in Love (:macro) Sep 22, 2022

Chris Keener is one of my favorite creative collaborators in the whole wild world. He’s the head of MUD\FILMS, and I get to write scripts with him by day, then philosophize with him by night: To be, or not to be? Are we alone in the universe? Vanilla or chocolate milkshake at In-n-Out? He's a breathwork coach and every Wednesday leads our team through a lil' guided breathwork session. A master storyteller, Chris has worked with National Geographic, Discovery Channel, ESPN and the Travel Channel. He produced the five-part docuseries We Speak Dance for Netflix. But now MUD\WTR gets all of his attention, which we are all very happy about.

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#66 Three Steps to Manage Your Jealousy (:micro) Sep 20, 2022

Jealousy can really harsh our mellow, spiraling us into fear and humiliation and pain and paranoia. But it’s time to make friends with the green-eyed monster by getting clear on how it shows up, why and what we can do to soothe its worried little heart. In this episode, we’ll explore the following questions:

What makes you feel jealous?

Where is jealousy located in your body?

Does it have movement, pressure or temperature?

What emotions are you experiencing underneath the label of jealousy?

What are your underlying unmet needs?

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#65 Is Collagen the Fountain of Youth? (micro) Sep 16, 2022

Collagen is touted as a bone builder, muscle enhancer, hormone balancer and beauty aid. Is it worth the hype or more of a hoax? Sara’s on a collagen quest to pull a Geralt of Rivia and go full Witcher in her biohacking.

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#64 Our Symphony of Selves - Jim Fadiman (:macro) Sep 14, 2022

Dr. Jim Fadiman is considered America's wisest and most respected authority on psychedelics and their use. In 1974 he co-founded the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, and has since continued to explore potential medical and creative uses of psychedelic drugs. In his book, The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic and Sacred Journeys, he provides insight into safe and correct uses of psychedelic drugs. The book was inspired by his unique knowledge of psychedelic experiences and his desire to explain beneficial uses of those substances. His most recent book, Your Symphony of Selves, he explores why you are a different you at different times and how that’s both normal and healthy. He received his B.A. from Harvard University in Social Relations in 1960, and his M.A. and Ph.D from Stanford University in Psychology in 1962 and 1965, respectively.

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#63 Why is Our Culture so Afraid of Death? (:micro) Sep 12, 2022

Are you willing to face your own death? What about the death of loved ones? Have you made a plan for how to handle death? If you’d like to know how to make friends with the Big Unknown, it’s time to turn toward the hard questions we prefer to avoid.

Who are you in this body?

When this body dies, who is left?

What do you believe about death?

How do you accept the next stage—for you and for others?

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#62 Hangry for Health: Intermittent Fasting 101 (:micro) Sep 08, 2022

Curious about fasting? Although it’s experienced a surge in popularity recently, fasting dates back centuries as a way to benefit body and soul. And guess what? You’re already doing it while you sleep. Today’s episode will show you an easy way to start cultivating the science-backed benefits while awake.

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#61 What To Do When Your Suspicions Are Confirmed? (:micro) Sep 05, 2022

In this listener response episode we explore what it’s like to rebuild trust with yourself and your partner once you learn that, unfortunately, your fears weren’t all in your head. Here’s how to recover and recenter when the bottom drops out.

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#60 What is the Magic Elixir Jamu? (:micro) Sep 02, 2022

Chef Will Goldfarb says, “There’s about 5,000 years of oral and written history of the world's most advanced civilizations taking care of each other with food. And if you’re interested in food history, it’s impossible to separate it from food as medicine.” Your morning beverage is an important daily ritual that determines the quantity and quality of your energy. Today we explore why drinking delicious, healing, magical Jamu is how hundreds of millions of Indonesians start their day.

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#59 Biohacking for Beginners (:micro) Aug 29, 2022

Biohacking is part science, part self-experimentation. It’s a systems-thinking approach to track what makes us tick, driven by a desire to be our best selves. Not sure where to start? Here are some easy launch points to create small changes for big gains.

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#58 Three Things You Can Do When You Feel Helpless (:micro) Aug 26, 2022

Sometimes life shocks us and absolutely shatters our illusion of control. It can be tempting to want to curl into the fetal position or run around shouting at the sky about how unfair it all is. But both waste a lot of time and energy. Instead, here are three things you can do to take care of yourself after life doesn’t go the way you planned.

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#57 Army Rangers & Ayahuasca - Jesse Gould (:macro) Aug 24, 2022

Jesse Gould is founder and president of the Heroic Hearts Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit pioneering psychedelic therapies for military veterans. After being deployed as an Army Ranger in Afghanistan three times, he founded the Heroic Hearts Project in 2017 to spearhead the acceptance and use of ayahuasca therapy as a means of addressing the current mental health crisis among veterans. The Heroic Hearts Project has raised over $350,000 in scholarships from donors including Dr. Bronner’s and partnered with the world’s leading ayahuasca treatment centers. Jesse has spoken globally about psychedelics and mental health—something that’s also personal for him, having battled with PTSD himself and found relief through ayahuasca therapy.

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#56 Can the Biggest Little Farm Answer Our Problems? (:micro) Aug 22, 2022

A good movie can “help you feel more prepared to tackle life's challenges and be a better person,” according to a study by Ohio State University. They help us cope with difficulties and inspire us to set new goals. Sound like something you want? Then watch The Biggest Little Farm. Like, now. It won’t just help you, it may just save the planet.

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#55 How Do You Parent After Trauma? (:micro) Aug 19, 2022

Parenting can feel like captaining a crew, and sometimes the crew mutinies. In this episode Sara talks about how to not go down with the ship, never abandon a crew mate, and sail through the eye of the storm. Spoiler: it’s about not adding more trauma by punishing yourself and those you love for how long it takes to heal.

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#54 Double Blind Magazine - Shelby Hartman (:macro) Aug 17, 2022

Shelby Hartman is the co-founder and CEO of DoubleBlind, a media company covering all things pertaining to the psychedelic movement. Her work has appeared in VICE, Playboy, Quartz, LA Weekly, the Huffington Post, Thrillist and Rolling Stone.

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#53 Is it Ok to Keep Secrets? (:micro) Aug 15, 2022

Which kinds of secrets are OK and which are dealbreakers? When does a desire for privacy turn into a secret turn into a lie? Today we get curious about the good intentions behind the not-so-great behavior of withholding information. Plus, we’ll make a plan for how to recover, whether you’re the one giving or receiving less than the truth.

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#52 What are the Consequences and Cures for Loneliness? (:micro) Aug 12, 2022

Humans are ultra-social animals, which means when we lose our place around the fire the consequences can be devastating. Whether you need a crew or feel lonely in a crowd, it’s critical to prioritize creating both quantity and quality in your social relationships. Here are the first steps to take.

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#51 National Geographic Photographer - Ben Horton (:macro) Aug 10, 2022

Ben Horton (@benhortonphoto) has based his career on being able to go places that other people either cannot—or don’t want to—go. From thousands of feet underwater to the most remote regions in the arctic, Ben’s passion is to use photography as a means to inspire people to take stewardship of the planet. Ben started his career with National Geographic by telling the story of the sharks of Cocos Island. He traced the illegal fishing industry from Costa Rica to China, and as a result of his work helped to increase the park boundaries and protection of two of Costa Rica’s national parks. He was awarded the National Geographic Society’s first-ever Young Explorer Grant for his work, and he has since moved on to receive a number of other National Geographic grants and assignments, and recently starred in a documentary for National Geographic featuring his work in Thailand. Ben is based in Southern California, where he works primarily on adventure campaigns.

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#50 Are Plants Conscious? (:micro) Aug 08, 2022

Robin Wall Kimmerer tells us in Braiding Sweetgrass, “In some Native languages the term for plants translates to ‘those who take care of us.’” What would it mean for humanity if we acknowledge not just the ways plants nourish us, but teach us, as well? In today’s episode, we go out on a limb (because that's where the fruit is) to explore the consciousness of plants.

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#49 The War on Drugs is a Failure (:micro) Aug 05, 2022

In a since-deleted “fact sheet,” D.A.R.E claimed marijuana had no medical value, weakened the immune system and caused insanity. But as Shakespeare said, “at the length the truth will out” and we now know the War on Drugs was more about criminalizing certain groups of people than keeping the public safe. Whether you need help recovering from addiction, want access to healing or just don’t want to be shamed for having a good time at a festival, it’s time to reimagine the future of substances.

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#48 Rick Doblin on MDMA and the Future of Psychedelic Therapy (:macro) Aug 03, 2022

Rick Doblin, PhD, (@rickdoblin) is the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). He received his doctorate in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where he wrote his dissertation on the regulation of the medical uses of psychedelics and marijuana and his master’s thesis on a survey of oncologists about smoked marijuana vs. the oral THC pill in nausea control for cancer patients. maps.org

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#47 Magnesium, or Why You and Melatonin Should Just Be Friends (:micro) Aug 01, 2022

Melatonin is the OG sleep support. But does it benefit you? Maybe it’s time to transition your relationship in order to explore something more compatible. Something that understands your moods and knows exactly what your body needs.

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#46 Developing Secure Attachment (:micro) Jul 29, 2022

Dan Siegel suggests “investing in a relational trust fund” by knowing how to make someone feel safe, seen, and soothed. But what if we could create secure attachment beyond our one-to-one relationships to create security in our homes, our communities, and the wider world? We have to dream it before we can build it.

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#45 David Satori of Beats Antique & Dirtwire (:macro) Jul 27, 2022

David Satori (@davidsatori) is one of the Beats Antique trio and co-creator of the band, Dirtwire. Born in Burlington VT, David was inspired by the rich local music scene and started playing guitar and drums at the age of 13. David produced his first original album with his band Bubble Tribe in 1997 as a senior in high school and went on to study music at CalArts in Los Angeles, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Composition and Performance in 2001. After college David bought an aging airport shuttle bus, converted it to run on vegetable oil and toured the US with his bands The Funnies, a four piece space funk band, and Aphrodesia, a female fronted futuristic Afrobeat big band from San Francisco. David also co-founded and produced events with The Sustainable Living Roadshow, a traveling eco festival. In 2006 David helped organize a month long West African Tour with Aphrodesia and the African Showboyz from Ghana, which culminated in twonights at the legendary Shrine in Lagos, Nigeria, the musical home of Femi Kuti, son of Fela Kuti. After returning from West Africa David committed to recording with Beats Antique, a trio born in the San Francisco performance underground, Burning Man and West Coast Bass music scenes. Beats Antique soon became an international touring production and has released over 10 albums in 12 years, all written and produced by the band. On a parallel track to Beats Antique David pursued a recording project with his long-time bandmate and friend Evan Fraser, which evolved into Dirtwire, a trio with the addition of Mark Revely, that tours internationally and has released 9 albums. Davidsatori.com

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#44 How to Become Emotionally Available (:micro) Jul 25, 2022

Who do you depend on? Who depends on you? If those questions make you squirm, you might want to get to know Anxious and Avoidant’s golden older sibling, Secure Attachment. What would make you feel safe enough to let down your walls and invite connection in?

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#43 How to Make Good Habits Easy (:micro) Jul 22, 2022

James Clear laid it out nicely for all of us: we’re motivated to be lazy and we might as well embrace it. You don’t get brownie points for struggling, the real reward is having enough energy left over to enjoy all the progress you’re making.

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#42 Kyle & Sara on Pleasure Activism, Cold Plunges and Books We Love (:macro) Jul 20, 2022

Sara Russell & Kyle Thiermann are the co-hosts of Trends w/ Benefits. In this pod they chat about all things pleasure activism, cold plunging, and books they’ve loved.

Sara is a relationship coach, dancer and taoist. Kyle is a professional big wave surfer, hunter and MUD\WTR’s copywriter. How they’re friends, we still have no idea.

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#41 Food and Flesh of the Gods (:micro) Jul 18, 2022

Cacao and mushrooms are in the kind of committed relationship we all long for. They support and bring out the best in each other while still kicking ass on their own. There’s a good reason why they’ve worked together so long and you probably want to get in on the action.

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#40 Healing Sounds for the Heart (:rest) Jul 16, 2022

Mantak Chia’s “five elements healing sounds” is a Taoist practice that uses sounds to purge stagnant energy and colors to tonify energy.

Today we’ll focus on the heart, using the sound “haaa” to purge impatience and hastiness and the color red to cultivate compassion and joy.

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#39 Obsessions, Compulsions, and Superstitions (:micro) Jul 15, 2022

Would you pass the Marshmallow Test? You know, the one where you can gobble up your reward immediately or wait and double your pleasure. Whether it’s easy for you to delay gratification or impossible to not fixate may depend in part on whether you have OCD, OCPD, or just a highly ritualized routine.

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#38 The Do Lab & Lighting In a Bottle - Dede Flemming (:macro) Jul 13, 2022

Dede Flemming is the co-founder of The Do LaB and Lightning in A Bottle. Dede's passion for facilitating creativity and bringing the artistic visions of his partners to life has played an integral role both in the success of The Do LaB, and the art festival he also co-founded, Lightning in a Bottle. After his global travels affirmed the importance of integrating art into communities far and wide, Dede decided to act upon this revelation and, through DO ART, is committed to using his skills to encourage community creativity and introduce more art into the public realm.

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#37 Rituals For Resilience (:micro) Jul 11, 2022

Resilience is the ability to be both strong and flexible, but if you’ve ever lifted weights or dabbled with yoga, you know gains don’t happen overnight. Resiliency is a practice. In this episode, I share some rituals you can add to your daily routine that can help you bounce back after life knocks you down. What could be possible if you connected with nature before going to work, or checked in with your spirit before checking your texts?

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#36 Music For Your Next Psychedelic Trip - East Forest (:macro) Jul 09, 2022

This episode is with East Forest, (@Eastforest) a musician who uses sound to guide audiences through psychedelic states of consciousness. Kyle attended one of East Forest’s concerts, then sat down with him for this interview at his hotel the following day.

I took pieces from this interview as well as time at the show to write this reported profile piece which you can read at Trendswithbenefits.com.

#35 What is Taoism? (:micro) Jul 08, 2022

“The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.”

And yet, we attempt to have a conversation about that most nameless of mysteries, Taoism. In this episode, we take a break from duality and step into doing-without-doing, as we explore the ancient Chinese philosophy.

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:macrodose episodes are long-form interviews with Tw/B’s Head of Editorial, Kyle Thiermann. Comprising deep conversations with athletes, intellectuals and everyone in between, each episode is anchored around mental health.

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#34 Five Types of Imposter Syndrome (:micro) Jul 04, 2022

Even Albert Einstein thought of himself as an “involuntary swindler.” No wonder the rest of us feel like we’re faking it but never going to make it. Here are five ways you can stop trying so hard to convince everyone that you’re worth it, and instead start actually believing it for yourself.

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:macrodose episodes are long-form interviews with Tw/B’s Head of Editorial, Kyle Thiermann. Comprising deep conversations with athletes, intellectuals and everyone in between, each episode is anchored around mental health.

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#33 Healing Sounds for the Liver (:rest) Jul 01, 2022

In this episode, we continue to explore Mantak Chia’s Five Elements Healing Sounds. It’s a taoist practice that uses sounds to purge stagnant energy from the body, and colors to tonify.

Today we’ll focus on the liver using the “shh” sound to purge anger and frustration, and the color green to cultivate kindness and creativity.

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:microdose episodes are short-form monologues with Sara Russell. Sara blends ancient wisdom, modern science and actionable advice on subjects like sleep, psychedelics and ritual. She also hosts short meditations designed to help you start and end your day. We call them :rise and :rest meditations.

:macrodose episodes are long-form interviews with Tw/B’s Head of Editorial, Kyle Thiermann. Comprising deep conversations with athletes, intellectuals and everyone in between, each episode is anchored around mental health.

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#32 How Do You Overcome Feelings of Inadequacy? (:micro) Jun 30, 2022

It’s time to send your inner critic to bed with no dessert. Maybe you worry that you’re too much; maybe you worry that you’re not enough. Either way, swimming in your shortcomings isn’t doing you any favors. In this episode I explain why it’s not you that’s inadequate and how to overcome those feelings when they arise.

Krishnamurti once wrote, “It’s no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Trends w/ Benefits is an exploration into what it means to be “mentally healthy” in a world that is anything but.

The Trends w/ Benefits Podcast has two formats—:microdose and :macrodose episodes.

:microdose episodes are short-form monologues with Sara Russell. Sara blends ancient wisdom, modern science and actionable advice on subjects like sleep, psychedelics and ritual. She also hosts short meditations designed to help you start and end your day. We call them :rise and :rest meditations.

:macrodose episodes are long-form interviews with Tw/B’s Head of Editorial, Kyle Thiermann. Comprising deep conversations with athletes, intellectuals and everyone in between, each episode is anchored around mental health.

For weekly stories visit Trends w/ Benefits and sign up for our newsletter.

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

Get 20% off your first MUD\WTR by using the code TWB20 at checkout.

Reach out and send voice memos to podcast@mudwtr.com

#31 MUD\WTR Founder & CEO - Shane Heath Pt. II (:macro) Jun 29, 2022

Shane Heath (@SoManyPossibilities) is the founder of the coffee alternative company, MUD\WTR. Speaking with Kyle Thiermann, Heath recounts the brand’s origin story, how psychedelics have played into MUD\WTR’s vision and much more.

The Trends w/ Benefits Podcast has two formats—:microdose and :macrodose episodes.

:microdose episodes are short-form monologues with Sara Russell. Sara blends ancient wisdom, modern science and actionable advice on subjects like sleep, psychedelics and ritual. She also hosts short meditations designed to help you start and end your day. We call them :rise and :rest meditations.

:macrodose episodes are long-form interviews with Tw/B’s Head of Editorial, Kyle Thiermann. Comprising deep conversations with athletes, intellectuals and everyone in between, each episode is anchored around mental health.

For weekly stories visit Trends w/ Benefits and sign up for our newsletter.

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

Get 20% off your first MUD\WTR by using the code TWB20 at checkout.

Reach out and send voice memos to podcast@mudwtr.com

#30 Five Things I Learned about Psychedelics (:micro) Jun 28, 2022

While taking flight on a psychedelic journey, one clinical psychologist suggests, “Go wherever it takes you. Climb staircases, open doors, explore paths, fly over landscapes.” It’s one of many mantras for life that Michael Pollan offers in his book How to Change Your Mind. In this episode, I share five ways Pollan’s book opened my mind about how to open my mind.

Krishnamurti once wrote, “It’s no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Trends w/ Benefits is an exploration into what it means to be “mentally healthy” in a world that is anything but.

The Trends w/ Benefits Podcast has two formats—:microdose and :macrodose episodes.

:microdose episodes are short-form monologues with Sara Russell. Sara blends ancient wisdom, modern science and actionable advice on subjects like sleep, psychedelics and ritual. She also hosts short meditations designed to help you start and end your day. We call them :rise and :rest meditations.

:macrodose episodes are long-form interviews with Tw/B’s Head of Editorial, Kyle Thiermann. Comprising deep conversations with athletes, intellectuals and everyone in between, each episode is anchored around mental health.

For weekly stories visit Trends w/ Benefits and sign up for our newsletter.

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

Get 20% off your first MUD\WTR by using the code TWB20 at checkout.

Reach out and send voice memos to podcast@mudwtr.com

#29 Healing Sounds for the Kidneys (:rest) Jun 24, 2022

In this episode, we continue to explore Mantak Chia’s Five Elements Healing Sounds. It’s a taoist practice that uses sounds to purge stagnant energy from the body, and colors to tonify.

Today we’ll focus on the kidneys, using the sound “choo” to purge fear and insecurity, and the color blue to cultivate peace and tranquility.

Krishnamurti once wrote, “It’s no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Trends w/ Benefits is an exploration into what it means to be “mentally healthy” in a world that is anything but.

The Trends w/ Benefits Podcast has two formats—:microdose and :macrodose episodes.

:microdose episodes are short-form monologues with Sara Russell. Sara blends ancient wisdom, modern science and actionable advice on subjects like sleep, psychedelics and ritual. She also hosts short meditations designed to help you start and end your day. We call them :rise and :rest meditations.

:macrodose episodes are long-form interviews with Tw/B’s Head of Editorial, Kyle Thiermann. Comprising deep conversations with athletes, intellectuals and everyone in between, each episode is anchored around mental health.

For weekly stories visit Trends w/ Benefits and sign up for our newsletter.

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

Get 20% off your first MUD\WTR by using the code TWB20 at checkout.

Reach out and send voice memos to podcast@mudwtr.com

#28 How Do You Fight Fair? Pt. II (:micro) Jun 23, 2022

There’s a famous saying in Taoism: There’s my way, there’s your way and there’s the way. In order to fight fair, you need to build enough awareness to be able to see the truth of all three. Learn how to tell a big picture story that allows everyone to feel seen, heard and understood.

Krishnamurti once wrote, “It’s no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Trends w/ Benefits is an exploration into what it means to be “mentally healthy” in a world that is anything but.

The Trends w/ Benefits Podcast has two formats—:microdose and :macrodose episodes.

:microdose episodes are short-form monologues with Sara Russell. Sara blends ancient wisdom, modern science and actionable advice on subjects like sleep, psychedelics and ritual. She also hosts short meditations designed to help you start and end your day. We call them :rise and :rest meditations.

:macrodose episodes are long-form interviews with Tw/B’s Head of Editorial, Kyle Thiermann. Comprising deep conversations with athletes, intellectuals and everyone in between, each episode is anchored around mental health.

For weekly stories visit Trends w/ Benefits and sign up for our newsletter.

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

Get 20% off your first MUD\WTR by using the code TWB20 at checkout.

Reach out and send voice memos to podcast@mudwtr.com

#27 MUD\WTR's Head of Film - Chris Keener (:macro) Jun 22, 2022

Chris Keener heads up the burgeoning film and video mouthpiece within MUD\WTR known as MUD\FILMS. As founder and principal of two production companies—Goldenbear and Goodfight Media—Chris has created content for outlets like National Geographic, Discovery Channel, ESPN, and the Travel Channel. Chris also facilitates transformative experiences by connecting people to the power of their breath. He conducts workshops for clients like Salesforce, Soho House and Alo Yoga, while also working in prisons and with the underserved. Chris co-created and voiced the Lixir app, the first to focus on longform guided breathwork.

Krishnamurti once wrote, “It’s no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Trends w/ Benefits is an exploration into what it means to be “mentally healthy” in a world that is anything but.

The Trends w/ Benefits Podcast has two formats—:microdose and :macrodose episodes.

:microdose episodes are short-form monologues with Sara Russell. Sara blends ancient wisdom, modern science and actionable advice on subjects like sleep, psychedelics and ritual. She also hosts short meditations designed to help you start and end your day. We call them :rise and :rest meditations.

:macrodose episodes are long-form interviews with Tw/B’s Head of Editorial, Kyle Thiermann. Comprising deep conversations with athletes, intellectuals and everyone in between, each episode is anchored around mental health.

For weekly stories visit Trends w/ Benefits and sign up for our newsletter.

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

Get 20% off your first MUD\WTR by using the code TWB20 at checkout.

Reach out and send voice memos to podcast@mudwtr.com

#26 Cultivating Sexual Energy Pt. II (:micro) Jun 21, 2022

What do you desire? What does desire feel like in your body? How do you want to direct your desire? In part 1, we worked on clearing our energy fields for cultivating our sexual energy. In part 2, we take a few deep breaths and practice some pelvic floor pullups.

Krishnamurti once wrote, “It’s no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Trends w/ Benefits is an exploration into what it means to be “mentally healthy” in a world that is anything but.

The Trends w/ Benefits Podcast has two formats—:microdose and :macrodose episodes.

:microdose episodes are short-form monologues with Sara Russell. Sara blends ancient wisdom, modern science and actionable advice on subjects like sleep, psychedelics and ritual. She also hosts short meditations designed to help you start and end your day. We call them :rise and :rest meditations.

:macrodose episodes are long-form interviews with Tw/B’s Head of Editorial, Kyle Thiermann. Comprising deep conversations with athletes, intellectuals and everyone in between, each episode is anchored around mental health.

For weekly stories visit Trends w/ Benefits and sign up for our newsletter.

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

Get 20% off your first MUD\WTR by using the code TWB20 at checkout.

Reach out and send voice memos to podcast@mudwtr.com

#25 Healing Sounds for the Lungs (:rest) Jun 17, 2022

In this episode, we introduce Mantak Chia’s Five Elements Healing Sounds. It’s a taoist practice that uses sounds to purge stagnant energy from the body, and colors to tonify. Today we’ll focus on the lungs, using the “sss” sound to purge grief and sadness, and the color white to cultivate courage and inspiration.

Krishnamurti once wrote, “It’s no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Trends w/ Benefits is an exploration into what it means to be “mentally healthy” in a world that is anything but. For weekly stories visit Trends w/ Benefits and sign up for our newsletter.

If you dig this podcast please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps a bunch.

Get 20% off your first MUD\WTR by using the code TWB20 at checkout.

Reach out and send voice memos to podcast@mudwtr.com

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