Purpose Highway™

It's round 2 of this season finale of Purpose Highway, let us journey together into our dreams and bask in its meaning with our finale guest, Katherine Bell! Scott Mason welcomes Katherine in this 2-part season finale special to discuss what is a dream, its symbolism, and many more!HIGHLIGHTSKatherine's views on alienationDreams help to feel to belongThe experiential part of the dreamDreams, anxiety, and terrorKatherine's tipsQUOTESKatherine: “We're not ever taught to trust ourselves. And the dreams kind of erodes away at that. And so that's why even the unpleasant dreams can be really, really helpful.”Katherine: “If we deepen the dream and like going into the dream and trusting the dream, saying that there's something valuable here for me, and that bringing into my whole body, that that is the way I can take the part of the dream and deepen its work on me.”Katherine: “A lot of people have a lot of fear. Running. I know I did running every day and not acknowledge it.”Katherine: “Write your dreams down. Dreams are ephemeral, they disappear, you know, five minutes after you're awake, it's gone. So if you wake up in the morning, get yourself a journal and write it down. That act of writing the dream down is honoring the dream.”Get in touch with Katherine with the link below:Email: krbell6@gmail.comWebsite: https://experientialdreamwork.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/experientialdreamworkTo hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose HighwayⓇ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

In this season finale of Purpose Highway, let us journey together into our dreams and bask in its meaning with our finale guest, Katherine Bell! Scott Mason welcomes Katherine in this 2-part season finale special to discuss what is a dream, its symbolism, and many more!HIGHLIGHTSKatherine symbolized by PersephoneDream Basking instead of Dream InterpretationWhat is a dreamThe spiritual component of dreamsGuides in dreamsThe theory of the brain as a filterQUOTESKatherine: “Dreams are personal myths, and myths are cultural dreams. So there's a way if I get that right, you got to check me on that. But basically, the myth is like the dream of the culture. And so we use the myths to define our culture, the way we use our dreams, to define our personal experience of life.”Katherine: “I don't even like the word interpretation, dream interpretation. Although people kind of use that word because they don't know What else to say, I think of it as dream basking.”Katherine: “Everybody dreams, you say people say, Oh, I don't dream. It's like, no, no, no, you don't remember your dreams, that's very different. You actually, dreaming is something very vital to the structure of our brain.”Katherine: “Self-awareness is a huge part of the path of spirituality as I see it, self-awareness and becoming aware of our, of what's important to us the meaning and the purpose of our lives, and that the dreams are very powerful in helping us reframe our stories about ourselves.”Katherine: “Dreams are so beautiful because they're, they powerfully encapsulate these feelings in an image context, which we can really soak in.”Katherine: “If we get to one track in any direction, then we won't, we won't, we will all have the same blind spot. And then we're all uniquely blind to that one thing.Get in touch with Katherine with the link below:Email: krbell6@gmail.comWebsite: https://experientialdreamwork.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/experientialdreamworkTo hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose HighwayⓇ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

Scott Mason and US Air Force Master Sergeant Joshua Stewart are revving up for another stellar episode of Purpose Highway. Also known as Stu, Josh works as a teacher of teachers, providing communications courses from the ground up, and helping others realize their impact on the world around them. Join Scott and Josh for round 2 here on Purpose Highway! HIGHLIGHTSDeveloping a discipline of silenceGoing out of the dark to face the truthShared meaning with yourselfQUOTESJosh: “Get that creative stuff out of you, whether you think it's in you or not, and you'll start to see just some mental health upticks.”Josh: “The purpose of communication is to get a shared meaning. So when it comes to what you're talking about, though communication is to get a shared meaning, inter interpersonal communication, shared meaning with others, but what about a shared meaning with yourself? Do you talk to yourself?”Josh: “Shared meaning with yourself is your life journey, and it's something that when it stops, then maybe you've lost what your purpose is, or maybe your purpose has changed.”Josh: “If you live in the cave, and all you know, are the shadows, then you don't, you don't really know reality.”Get in touch with Joshua with the link below:Email: joshuastewart35@gmail.comTo hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose HighwayⓇ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

Scott Mason is revving up the Purpose Highway to the skyway as he welcomes Joshua Stewart from the United States Air Force. Also known as Stu, Josh works as a teacher of teachers, providing communications courses from the ground up, and helping others realize their impact on the world around them. Join Scott and Josh here on Purpose Highway! HIGHLIGHTSSelene, the Greek moon goddessMasculinity, then and nowFinding meaning in lifeImpact of communication on cultureQUOTESJosh: “When it comes to masculine and feminine, and I've said this to folks before any kind of generalization or stereotype is just an average. If you know anything about math, the average doesn't get you anywhere near the top or the bottom.”Josh: “I think we need to start writing our individual stories because when we start putting so much into the social media section of it, we start to lose the basic thing that we're after, the purpose.”Josh: “I think that if you aren't true to yourself, whether you succeed or not, you're going to end up in that bad mental state. Because at the end of the day, that's what it's really all about is what is your purpose.”Josh: “You can find meaning in the little things in life, and these stories from these ancient times. These are the things people were coming up with before social media. It's how they were crafting their purpose.”Josh: “I think that we have to look at facts differently. I think the objective reality isn't something that we can craft with words, obviously. But it is something that is up for interpretation.”Get in touch with Joshua with the link below:Email: joshuastewart35@gmail.comTo hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose HighwayⓇ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

This week is another exciting trip down The Purpose Highway as the one and only Climate Optimist, Anne Therese Gennari, joins Scott Mason in the front seat. Anne is the co-founder and Head of Marketing of Rolemodels, an agency that puts ethics, sustainability, environmental, and social justice at the core of its business. She also founded The Climate Optimist and is the host of her very own show, Hey Change.Scott and Anne Therese will be dealing with topics about climate change, hope, and what journey it takes to be truly optimistic. HIGHLIGHTSAnne Therese Gennari as FreyaArising as The Climate OptimistHope and Optimism, interlinkedOptimism starts with youQUOTESAnne: “I don't cry gold, but I will say that I have learned to understand that tears are gold in so many ways, and and allowing ourselves to cry can be one of the most empowering empowering things that we do”Anne: “We are the system, and the fastest way to change the system is by empowering ourselves and becoming that change.”Anne: “It's not about being the awesome person who saved the polar bears. It's actually taking it back home like, do you want to be breathing polluted air?”Anne: “If we don't have hope, what do we have? And I think the same applies to optimism, where you can't just choose optimism.”Anne: “We need to stop acting from fear and start embracing curiosity, excitement, joy and optimism. We are here to do something fantastic.”Anne: “Awareness hurts, and that's okay.”To find out more about Anne Therese, please see the links below.LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anne-therese-gennariWebsites: theclimateoptimist.comTwitter: annetherese_gTo hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose HighwayⓇ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTSToxic myths of gender rolesDislodging toxic myths and embracing self changeBreaking barriers and dismantling one's self to have true changePre-Bible existence of transgender peopleQUOTESScott: “People sometimes have a lot of anxiety about dislodging toxic myths that are far less deeply rooted to their identity in the world.”Sophie: “It's weird to talk about identity because it was me, but it wasn't me, if that makes sense. Whereas now I look at myself in the mirror and I'm like, ‘ ‘oh my God, I can't believe that's me.' ', but not in a disbelief sort of way, but more a holy sh**, I actually did it sort of way.”Scott: “One of the biggest challenges that I believe anyone who truly dislodges these toxic myths is letting go, or at least learning to mentally adjust to who and what they were.”Sophie: “You go through these times of intense change in your life, and there's often a ‘ ‘fake it until you make it' ' sort of phase, and so I was trying to pull together different elements I had fundamentally dismantled myself.”Sophie: “Change is not a clean, easy process. You might turn into a puddle of goo for a while, but eventually you'll come out the other side.”To find out more about Sophie, please see the links below.LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sbedwardsWebsites: cloudsurfingmedia.comTo hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose HighwayⓇ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTSSophie as Cybele, mother of godsUnpleasant Reality vs. Pleasurable Life of LiesThe sad reality about nostalgiaThe importance of changeQUOTESScott: “In order to get to freedom, you have to be open to change if you are at all trapped.”Sophie: “They're seeing that change is coming. They don't want change to come, and they would rather devour the next generation and destroy what is coming, then embrace that change.”Sophie: “There has always been conflict and strife. Whether it's a class based issue, or race based, or sexuality, or gender, or whatever it is, there's always been this conflict. But when we look at it through the lens of nostalgia, we don't see what is real. We see what we want to see.”Scott: “Nostalgia is itself a toxic myth that we tell ourselves, because like I said, it never is the whole story. It isn't something that exists now. And nostalgia can be easy and fun to feel. But it is something that separates us from the truth.”Sophie: “Judging somebody by the quality of their actual character, as opposed to just what they're telling you they're about is important.”Sophie: “The past can't hurt us, because it's already happened. The future can hurt us, because it hasn't happened yet, and so some people just think, let's just keep doing what we've always been doing, because it's working. Even though the longer we do that, the more we realize it's not working.”To find out more about Sophie, please see the links below.LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sbedwardsWebsites: cloudsurfingmedia.comTo hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose HighwayⓇ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTSStephen as Prometheus, bringer of early technology to humansForesight of kids and the futureImportance of teaching kids the use of technologyStephen's background and the birth of MakerStateSTEAM: STEM with an Art elementQUOTESStephen: “STEM or STEAM is not only to teach kids how to use technology, but to use it so that it creates a future for all that is more sustainable, and more inclusive.”Stephen: “I'm not going to be one, who's going to be the warning of the social media issues and things like that. I'm going to be the guy who says, ``We have to teach these kids how to take a hold of this technology and do with it the things that they deserve, as humans and this planet requires.”Stephen: “Kids are going to build this world, but they have to understand the technology and the media that they're working with and learn to create with it.”Stephen: “I would much rather be working with 6, 7, 8, 9 year olds than have to try to, you know, help some 30 year old figure this out in church or a young person entering the workforce try to figure this out for the first time. I think K12 is where we need to take a serious look at, at how to challenge our kids with the questions that they're going to have for the rest of their lives.”Stephen: “Whatever mistakes our generation is making, we can turn that by working with our youngest members of our society to make better choices that include more justice, more sustainability, that's what probably gives me the most hope.”To find out more about Stephen, please see the links below.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-gilman-25a2235/Websites: https://maker-state.com/about-us/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose HighwayⓇ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTSThinking about purpose and alienationJessica as Mnemosyne, the goddess of memoryFinding purpose and moments of loss and breakthroughLearnings from The Breakthrough ShowWhat is an Intuitive MentorJessica on perception of adventure in lifeQUOTESScott: “So much of who and what our essence is relates to the existence of memory. If we have Alzheimer's but lose our memory, what are we but just a shell? And that's the horror of it.”Jessica: “They wouldn't know who they were, they wouldn't know who their family were when they came in. They wouldn't remember what they ate for lunch. It was just one of the most devastating things I've ever witnessed. But when you would play a song, and they would start to sing it as if no time had passed.”Jessica: “I would make friends with these people that were older generation and their time would come and they would pass on. And so I would experience a lot of this loss. And I think, now that I'm thinking about it, maybe it added to this sort of need that I've had to be alive and to push forward and to try because I had experienced so much loss.”Jessica: “I've been on this planet all this time, and what am I actually doing? And then I started working on myself and all of that. And then, years later was when I had the opportunity to write in the book and after that was the birth of my show, which was completely on accident.”Jessica: “We've all been through something and I think that the, I've asked I said, You know what makes you different though, how have you survived this? How have you continued to thrive? And not given up or not succumb to shoe addiction or any of these other things, suicide, any of these other things that we've dealt with. And it's never the same answer.”Jessica: “I operate a lot from a place of just almost an innate knowing, an intuitive place. And that's something that, like I have shared before, that I came into touch with when my brother passed away, I didn't realize how powerful my own intuition was until I started using it. Go figure.” Jessica: “I think, for me, I had to just just start connecting with myself in some kind of way. So I would contend through connecting with other people is how I ended up coming back and connecting with myself. So I opened myself up to going, Okay, I've got to meet other people, I've got to expand my horizons here. Jessica: “I think adventure is perspective. I think anybody could either have an adventurous spirit or you don't. And it doesn't mean we have to kind of get out of our head that adventure means a certain thing, that it means you have to travel, you have to try new foods… we just have to get out of our heads that adventure is supposed to look a certain way.”To find out more about Jessica, please see the links below.LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jessica-dugas-847b6a152vWebsites:jessicadugas.com (Personal Website)thebreakthroughshow.com (Company Website)projectjoypodcast.com (Company Website)To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose HighwayⓇ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTSKim and her courage to face lifeKim's background as a business coachFrom working to starting a business, to coaching businessesWhy Kim chose her current pathDealing with the mindset of hesitationDealing with clients who look down on themselvesDealing with your ego and moving forwardQUOTESKim: “And I think being a woman and being a lesbian, and coming out and living my life out loud, as I like to say, and I want my clients to live their life out loud, that you have to have the courage to face the shit that most people don't want to face. And that's whatever it is in your life. It's whatever it is in my life.”Kim: “So again, this is the courage piece that comes up of the willingness to change, the willingness to pivot, the willingness to say, this is no longer suiting me, and changing gears.”Scott: “Over the past however many years, there has been a secret plague, making Western society sick and it isn't the Coronavirus. Actually, many people say there's a lot of plagues, but the one I'm talking about that is a secret one is a plague of alienation, and disconnect, people feeling disconnected from each other people feeling disconnected from themselves, particularly with regards to a lot of issues like purpose and spirituality, which are which historically, there were institutions that help them find that those institutions are still there. But a lot of people are in those circumstances and life changes occurred, people might need something a little bit may still find themselves lost.”Scott: “Because achievement orientation, particularly in arenas, like sports, academics, titled degrees, can take us exactly where you're going. At the expense of purpose.”Kim: “At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how well I work in that environment for someone else's success, the success of each person is up to them with the tools that they have. So forgetting the process. Life is about living. It's not about the destination. And we do this thing called life with connection with others.”Kim: “The mindset that you have is in your control, if you consistently and it's not, you know, funky positive psychology, whatever “do do” stuff. If you don't believe that you're going to do something you won't.”Kim: “You know, life is a marathon. And so you don't have to find your purpose tomorrow. You don't have to find what that is. I think it's bullshit to search for just a purpose. I think my purpose is just to exist and be the best I know how to be.”Kim: “God gave you a brain in two feet, gave you hands if you know, that kind of thing. So it really is doing the work. But it starts with how you talk with yourself and how you say things to yourself. No one's gonna dangle a million dollars in front of you just because you're cute. You have to do the work.”Scott: “I needed to adapt to the circumstances to what I was given and then succeed on the terms that I had.”Kim: “It really is tapping into the strengths of a person and paying attention to who they are as people.”Kim: “If you want to stay miserable, you will stay miserable. I was choosing to stay miserable in certain periods of my life because I thought I needed to settle for that shit. You know whether I stayed in an abusive relationship, whether I stayed with an abusive boss and a company that I worked in for too long, you know things like that, like we have a choice.”Kim: “We are collective and need to be connected.”Kim: “Once you stop learning, you're dead. So being willing to say, hmm, I have some skill sets. I don't know how to do this, I can learn how to do this. And that will get me out of where I am. That's this shift. That's the mindset shift that I talk about a lot.”To find out more about Kim, please see the links below.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimbrady/Website: http://www.kimbradybusinesscoaching.com/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose HighwayⓇ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTSThe concept of sin as a legitimate driver of human behaviorJon's view on cultural sinJesus making the biggest deal on sinHow postmodernism benefits and falls apartJon's personal journey of uncertaintyJon's personal journey of sufferingManaging suffering and griefThe concept of abundanceQUOTESJon: “So again, I come from this, this Christian worldview, and, and sin has become, I think, almost a central topic in this world view that I come from. And I think it's really an old story. I think we're fixated on the brokenness and depravity of man.”Scott: “There has been I think people would argue this and extreme obsession. With the sinfulness of people like me, meanwhile, being perfectly fine with trashing the entire planet, or eating animals that have been tortured, you know.”Jon: “I think we make sin, I have to speak from within my worldview, at least initially, I think we make sin far too big of a deal. And so it's it, he's made the biggest deal of it, he can, so we don't need to anymore.”Jon: “Tolerance is a beautiful concept, but I think it went too far as to mean, tolerance means acceptance of every single worldview is equally valid. And pretty quickly, you and I could come up with some worldviews that we'd say no, that's morally evil, and should be opposed.”Jon: “Again, I think some of my current worldviews to some of my goal is to live as humanly as possible. Part of that humanity, humanity means I will suffer, it is a given I will die someday I will get sick someday. So suffering is a given.”Jon: “Grief is one of those moments where we just need someone to sit with us. There will come a time to give answers or to talk or to give perspective. But usually, the power we have is in the power of our presence, not in our words.”Jon: “I don't want to miss a moment of it. I want to fully experience the sadness, the loss, the suffering, the saying goodbye because death is a part of life.”Jon: “The concept of abundance starts to push my thinking back into that kind of negativity versus positivity mindset. Because we don't believe there's a an abundance, we're out there taking everything we can as quickly as I can, and to hell with the people who are going to drown and die.”To find out more about Jon, please see the links below.Website: http://www.jondillowcounseling.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-dillow-a3618b161/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose HighwayⓇ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTSSisyphus, Pandora's Box, and hopeHope is a double-edged swordFalse hope can trivialize pain and sufferingOur big brains allow us to ask "What if?"At the root of most anxiety is uncertaintyOur relationship with uncertainty and truth has changed drasticallyReligions are rigid in their modernist truths and cannot adaptSuffering is a fact of lifePeople waste their gifts because they avoid riskQUOTESJon: "It is hard for us creatures to function without some sense of hope, some sense that tomorrow could be better. And yet at the same time, hope is a really dangerous commodity because it raises our expectations and sets us up for disappointment."Jon: "If we think evolutionarily, we've been given a negativity bias. We have this bias towards the negative that is we encounter uncertainty, we don't see it as a wonderful surprise that is waiting to occur. We instead look at it and say something bad is going to occur because that kept us alive. It was a survival adaptation to think towards the negative."Jon: "Much of our struggles as humans can be traced back to an attempt to resolve uncertainty. Of course we can think of lots of negative ways to resolve uncertainty. We try to minimize it, we try to avoid it, we medicate it. And these are ways that don't free us to live in a fully and robust human way. Instead, our world kind of shrinks in, as we deal with uncertainty in that way."Jon: "Science did away with much of our mystery and then I think religion started to adopt that and became smaller and started to be more rigid. You mentioned that the institutions of religion may have set themselves up for a fall. I think one of the challenges in our religious rigidity is we're not able to grow and adapt."Jon: "I think our Christianity as it existed when I grew up will be dead 10 years from now. They won't exist anymore because we had a rigidity around the way we've practiced our faith that has not allowed it to adapt to  changing culture."Jon: "There is really suffering in America. But as a culture, I think the message is a little bit along the lines of 'we can overcome suffering'. We can make disease, illness, sadness, whatever it is, we can make it go away. So the goal is to make suffering stop. I don't think that's congruent with reality. Suffering is a given reality. And if we don't accept that, embrace that, then we're living in a somewhat delusional way."To find out more about Jon, please see the links below.Website: http://www.jondillowcounseling.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-dillow-a3618b161/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose HighwayⓇ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTSDeep dive into BuddhismGrowing communities around stoicism Most things in life happen by chanceHow the stoics viewed IndifferentsThe Discipline of PassionRein in your passions and focus on rationalityStoics want be better, not just feel betterThe Discipline of ActionOnly the true sage is a good friend The Disciple of AscentDecline of Stoicism in favor of Christianity in the ancient world The value of Stoicism in the modern world Stoicism should not be used to exploit peopleQUOTESGregory: "An indifferent  is something that is in your life that will not necessarily make it better and could make it worse. That's all it is. A lot of things consider good, such as health and wealth, are indiffirents to the stoics. And that seems shocking to a lot of people. Of course, I need to be healthy to be happy. Of course I need some amount of money to be happy and things like that. But if you understand the argument I think it makes a little more sense."Gregory: "The stoic argument of these things being indifferent means that anything that comes into your life through luck  can only be put to good use if you have a good enough character. If you are brave enough, if you think about what's really good in the world, if you care enough about others and you care enough about yourself in certain ways, then you can put things into good use."Gregory: "We are beyond any animal that's out there, being able to think abstractly and use language. And these passions push reason to the side. We cannot reason when we are in a passion, and so it makes us literally less human when we're doing these kinds of things." Gregory: "The goal of the discipline of desire is to temper these passions so that we can become better humans more generally. Not to feel better but to become better."Gregory: "You're not ready at this first stage to desire what is desirable. If you don't have a hold to your passions to some degree, you're not ready to be ethical. Because these strong emotions will push reason to the side and turn us against each other."Gregory: "Maybe Stoicism won't be picked up by a lot of people and it may die out again. And I think in terms of compromising some basic principles like between Stoicism dying out again and Stoicism being turned into a life hack that makes factory workers a little bit more happy in the eerie smiley sense but still living lives that are painful in a lot of other ways, then I'd rather Stoicism die out."To find out more about Gregory, please see the links below.Website: https://greglopez.me/philosophy/Book: https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-New-Stoics-Week-Week/dp/1615195335To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose HighwayⓇ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTSIs philosophy replacing religion?What is stoicism?The stoic way of looking at Medea Always look at both the positive and negative aspects of lifeStoicism can help introduce control and avoid snap judgmentsNot everyone wants to just 'feel better' Looking at the global pandemic through a Stoic lensQUOTESGregory: "People are looking for ways to guide their life and ways to form community in order to counteract the silent plague that you mentioned. I think philosophy can play a large part in helping some people out with that."Gregory: "The goal of stoicism is to make the world a better space for your immediate sphere and the world in general."Gregory: "A lot of stoic practice involves you thinking about what bad things supposedly can happen in order to anticipate them and not be as harmed by them if they do arise. So the stoicism mindset and stoic daily practice isn't really about being optimistic, but actually trying to be pessimistic about things that are outside of your control and the world at large, and in saying that even when things go wrong, I'm going to try to do the best I can."To find out more about Gregory, please see the links below.Website: https://greglopez.me/philosophy/Book: https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-New-Stoics-Week-Week/dp/1615195335To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTSYou need to be open to receive wisdomSo much of life today is about unlearning Have we lost our sense of our inner child? Growing up in a conservative Irish Catholic familyTribes exist to perpetuate themselves Everybody needs to be humbled sometimesNonverbal communication speaks volumes How an Irishman got interested in Chinese culture and methodologies Everybody wears a maskBuilding exceptional relationships takes mutual respectOur whole body is an antennaThe state of the body is the state of the mind and the heartBody language speaks volumes about a personQUOTESJoseph: "So much of the learning in life is actually from unlearning the conditioning we've grown up and the conditioning that was passed on to us through many generations. We're seeing in the world today just how dysfunctional so many societies have become. To me, so much of what's required now is an unlearning." Scott: "The only thing that COVID-19 has done, in my opinion, has been to exacerbate everything or maybe to speed it up, or make it undeniable. The alienation and separation that people have been feeling have been documented in studies of the workplace, trust in business, trust in institutions like government, involvement in a whole other host of civic organizations, even political involvement. That alienation leads to cynicism, it leads to division, it leads to separation from each other's heart and it goes to what you do fundamentally for a living." Joseph: “The church needs to become smaller. It needs to become more localized and it needs to allow, and I don't know that it will, but it needs to allow local priests and local nuns deal with the realities on the ground and properly be of service to the real needs of the people in their communities. Not what the church says the needs are, the great edifice of the church but the real needs of the people, and actually and genuinely and completely, and fully, serve.” Joseph: "Don't judge me by my words. Are my words and actions congruent and consistent? If they're not, call me out on it."Joseph: "Everybody wears a mask. No matter who you are, no matter where you're from, no matter what level of success you've attained in your life has some level of insecurity about something earlier in their life. Everybody, no exceptions." To find out more about Joseph, please see the links below.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clearsightcommunications/Website: https://clearsightcommunications.com/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTSBecoming a widow and losing a sense of communityYour story helps others in their journey of healingThe trauma connection leads to self-discoveryGuilt: An emotion that strikes each a different wayKashaun loses her husband in a tragic car accidentSpirituality and community begins with non judgment QUOTESKashaun: "I just really did not want to feel like I was in this space alone when everything in me was alone. I didn't want to feel alone. So it was, how can I help me? Well, I can reach out. I can start to advocate for myself and try to, while I'm doing that, see who I could help too."Kashaun: "What I've learned is it does vary by age, (grief) does vary by length of relationship, but it also varies by the health of the relationship."Kashaun: "How do I please me, which is really who it's about, whether you're 80 or 20 in this space. How do I maintain the level of peace for me that allows me to move forward in a way that I can live with? And, whatever that is, by all means do it."Kashaun: "I'm not here to tell you what to believe. I'm here to hear your story and if us talking and sharing our stories lends way to what my beliefs are and you want to know more, then I'll share. But even in the sharing space, it is really from a sense of just that. I'm not to persuade you, I am not to convince you. You will make that choice for yourself."To find out more about Kashaun, please see the links below.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kashaunparkernextstepforwardcoaching/Email: kashaunparker@gmail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextStepForwardLLCTo hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTSThe dominance of males are at an end for the old institutions A new form of spirituality may be on the rise The transition from polytheism to monotheism diminished womenIf God is everywhere, there should have been no space for sin Most people just want to be happyEverything is alive with energyI am God, and that is my spiritualityGetting kicked out of religion and developing own spiritualityWillingness is the keyword Invest in your mindsetQUOTESRich: "You are here for a reason. That's not revolutionary. But it's now time to unmute yourself. This is the time to own the gift and the experiences and the expertise that you have and get off the couch of complacency and open your mouth, stick your face in front of a camera and say what you have to say so the people who are meant for you can hear you.Rich: "There's wounding. For some of us, far more than others. And I believe that the innate human spirit is to thrive, not just to survive, but is to, want to, enjoy life to be prosperous, to be happy. Most people just want to be happy. Rich: “That's why I have hope. As long as humans have this desire to be happy, whether they know what it means for them or not, then there's this opportunity to figure that out for themselves and that is part of the work that I do.”Rich: “There's an energetic force alive, whether you believe in calling it God or not, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you call it what you call it. There's an energetic creative force that is always evolving and unfolding and humans are a part of it, whether we want to believe it or not. Everything is energy. Even the rock outside your front door that you think is dead, is alive and vibrating with energy, it's just in a different frequency.”Rich: “I don't believe in a God that sits in heaven or someplace. I believe that all this energy that I choose to call the universe, this universal spirit, the one mind, the thing that therefore, it flows through me, therefore I am it, too. That's a far better place for me to operate from than being subservient to something that I'm told controls or doesn't like me, or 'm not good enough, that I don't deserve."Rich: “If I can get a person to believe that they're message is more important than their fears, doubt, and worries, then we can get them to the place that they need to be.”Rich: “If you're willing to be bigger than your fears, doubts, worries, and preconceived notions about you and what other people think about you, just willing, not know how to figure out all this stuff out, just willing, then you can do everything.”To find out more about Rich, please see the links below.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richoceguera/Website: https://www.richawakenings.com/ To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTSLeaning on spirituality for police work Can spirituality fill the gap between police officers and the community?Quitting the police force and ruminations on use of force Surfing as a way to decompress for service personnelBridging the gap between community and police through surfingMaking waves and reaching more communities QUOTESRobert: "Spirituality is just a thread you're constantly trying to reel, in to keep yourself grounded and whatever that might be, so that you can remain good, and you can remain of service and not look at the world through this kind of, jaded lens."Robert: "You really need to lean in to your values and spirituality in order to hold on to that humanity. Far too often, people in that profession, and you often see that in veterans as well, just put up this wall where they just can't take anymore and they just become a robot. And, they have no emotion. They can't be empathetic to people. And that's when you get the bad outcome." Scott: "Spirituality at least, arguably, connects us to something larger. But, I would be utterly remiss, particularly in this day and age, if I didn't point out that in many communities, there is a profound disconnect between the officers that are serving the communities, and the members of the communities themselves." Robert: "Police, fire, veterans, military, they are constantly in a state of hypervigilance, right? Always looking over their shoulder, whether it's for physical violence, or safety, or to help  somebody. They always wanna radio. Some of them carry a weapon. We're constantly scanning, and worrying and then guess what, your family is there and they're pinging you."Robert: "I want to continue for SWEL to be, and it says in our strategic plan that we're stewards of the community. We're providing inclusive opportunities for other communities to experience this and maybe experience this with a service man or woman as well. Really, my vision is to scale and to continue to make trips and perhaps even have dedicated spot at the beach to where we have everything lined up."  To find out more about Robert, please see the links below.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-sanderson-44419b1a9/Website: https://www.theswel.org/Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/TheSWELmission/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theswelmission/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTSNavigating the horrors of the COVID-19 pandemicFinding purpose amidst the horrors of life From six-figure salary to homeless before 30Emotional suppression can lead to a physical manifestationDealing with imposter syndromeReflections on Michael A. Singer's The Untethered SoulBouncing back through speaking about one's truthQUOTESLois: "I started questioning everything. I questioned everything about business, I questioned everything about religion. I questioned and started searching for the first time, at age 30. And it opened me up to a whole world of spirituality."Lois: "I wanted to bring transformation to people's businesses, mental, physical, spiritual, but I was so scared of judgment. And being seen as an imposter."Lois: "To see for me wasn't about religion. It's about love, acceptance, collective consciousness, and just truly, getting rid of any kind of doctrine or dogma or rules that really came from, in my opinion, a place of power, control, and different agendas than what, say, the Buddhists taught."Lois: "I was so afraid to speak my truth, I manifested an autoimmune disease in my throat."Lois: "I lied to myself for 13 years, because I thought success was work hard, play hard, never let them see you sweat, wear the mask, all of the things. So I was essentially lying to myself."Lois: "I had more time to just unpack it and connect with myself. Not listening to the media, not listening to family, not listening to past mentors and other people who, you know, love them, but might have been manipulating me a little bit for their own personal gain." Lois: "The duality of the world is why I've had eight friends commit suicide. They didn't get to speak their truth. They were afraid because they were different. They were weird or they were lost because they didn't understand their truth."To find out more about Lois, please see the links below.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loiskoffi/Website: https://loiskoffi.com/Manifest and Monetize Summit: https://manifestandmonetize.com/Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lois-koffis-healthy-n-wealthy-n-wise-podcast/id1523194158To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTSMorality is in the talking, Ethics are in the walkingOld moral institutions need to adapt to modern-day challenges People need a solid ground to make ethical choicesEthics of leadership in the United States The issue with seeing the world in black and evil Being aware of our higher and lower naturesAre revolutions as a reaction to systematic problems still unethical?The myths and stories we tell ourselves Building trust with others can only improve quality of lifeA conversation about moral progressivismScouts, Pioneers, and SettlersWe all want to advance civilizationQUOTESChristopher: "The best way to think about morality is that it is the guidelines, the guideposts that tell us in our cultures, in our groups, in our families what's right and what's wrong. Ethics are the actions that we take after we evaluate that set of standards that we're using."Christopher: "As our capacities as individuals and societies grow, we find that the old paradigms no longer answer the new questions."Scott: "I was thinking we should never be relying on institutions at all to provide ethical guidance. After all, as you seem to point towards in the book, ethical decision making is an individual choice where we have to struggle with and take upon ourselves the challenge of wrestling with these situations that we face and coming up with decisions for our own."Christopher: "It's all the little choices we make that build up to the largest offenses." Christopher: "If we put ethics in the perspective of good and evil, I think we miss out on the idea that all of us are in this continuum and sometimes I make higher nature choices, and sometimes I make lower nature choices." Christopher: The idea of building trust with others goes to the most fundamental roots of the way that we work with one another even in a world where people don't believe in four-way stop signs.To find out more about Christopher, please see the links below.Book: https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Edge-Reclaiming-Ethical-Choice/dp/1631954059Website: https://www.nobleedgeconsulting.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ckgilbert9/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTSMorality is in the talking, Ethics are in the walkingOld moral institutions need to adapt to modern-day challenges People need a solid ground to make ethical choicesEthics of leadership in the United States The issue with seeing the world in black and evil Being aware of our higher and lower naturesAre revolutions as a reaction to systematic problems still unethical?The myths and stories we tell ourselves Building trust with others can only improve quality of lifeA conversation about moral progressivismScouts, Pioneers, and SettlersWe all want to advance civilizationQUOTESChristopher: "The best way to think morality is that it is the guidelines, the guideposts that tell us in our cultures, in our groups, in our families what's right and what's wrong. Ethics are the actions that we take after we evaluate that set of standards that we're using."Christopher: "As our capacities as individuals and societies grow, we find that the old paradigms no longer answer the new questions."Scott: "I was thinking we should never be relying on institutions at all to provide ethical guidance. After all, as you seem to point towards in the book, ethical decision making is an individual choice where we have to struggle with and take upon ourselves the challenge of wrestling with these situations that we face and coming up with decisions for our own."Christopher: "It's all the little choices we make that build up to the largest offenses." Christopher: "If we put ethics in the perspective of good and evil, I think we miss out on the idea that all of us are in this continuum and sometimes I make higher nature choices, and sometimes I make lower nature choices."Christopher: The idea of building trust with others goes to the most fundamental roots of the way that we work with one another even in a world where people don't believe in four-way stop signs.To find out more about Christopher, please see the links below.Book: https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Edge-Reclaiming-Ethical-Choice/dp/1631954059Website: https://www.nobleedgeconsulting.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ckgilbert9/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS06:02 The mediator between the linear and the non-linear world 11:54 Linear and non-linear thinking explained21:51 Non-Linear Thinking vs Artificial Intelligence27:45 How heroes in Greek myth used Non-Linear thinking40:52 Finding balance as a non-linear thinker 44:01 How do you know if you're a non-linear thinker?56:30 Spirituality, religion, and non-linear thinking1:01:51 Learn about Project 3981:07:20 Connect with PerryQUOTES16:51 Perry: "I think the women in power that are doing very well are women that are very linear. And I think most of the women are in a way very non-linear. And I think men are in a way, very linear. So it's a male dominated world in a very linear organization where it's difficult for women to do their thing because they're non-linear."18:00 Scott: "I'm hearing that you believe that we have overvalued it or over-leveraged it in our society. And that ultimately, because we're all thinking in these single lane highway modes or in these silos, we're not necessarily integrating the whole picture together when we talked about climate change a minute ago." 27:15 Perry: we all have different lives. We all have different energies. We all have a different gut feeling. So if you don't allow to follow that path in a non-linear way, you will not make it. And then in the end, you're, you're waiting for your million and you'll get stressed out and, and, and you're not happy. And you're pretending to be happy and making pictures of yourself on Instagram saying I'm on top of the world, but I'm not.43:09 Perry: "I found my balance and I can be very linear in my work and very, non-linear very, not focused, very focused and it's working and I can't even explain how it works, but it was thanks to all the rabbit holes and all the different moments in my life that I was able to do this."52:16 Scott: "Being a non-linear thinking thinker gave me the ability to envision or to rewrite myths about my life and create epic mythology for my future."To find out more about Perry, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/perryknoppert/Website -  https://perryknoppert.artWebsite - https://www.theoctopusmovement.orgYoutube -  https://www.youtube.com/c/PerryKMultipotentialite/videosTo hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS05:45 Asking tough questions can lead to a fruitful spiritual journey11:31 Three kinds of karma that every human being has to endure 16:27 Looking at the essence of the teaching instead of literal interpretation19:33 The religious texts of major religions are a piece of a large puzzle21:29 It's not about the stories being told, it's about the stories purposely left out 25:05 Ann Marie's spiritual journey from Catholicism to multi-faith spirituality37:13 Women can be leaders without having to copy men49:49 Social karma and climate change: Are we going to be the vanished people? 55:34 To be born a human is the opportunity to learn58:51 Connect with AnneQUOTES09:32 Anne: “It's not that people are unwilling to have faith. It's that we're unwilling to blindly be led.”21:01 Anne: “Anytime you're reading any sort of spiritual book you should always be asking, what are the stories that are missing. It's clear to see what the agenda is here and what stories are pointing toward, and what stories were specifically chosen to point you in a specific direction.”52:40 Anne: “The point of our existence is to experience and to learn and to grow. And then when we complete our spirit melts back into the ether, we take the lesson that shaped our spirit back with us.”To find out more about Anne, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/annemariemal/Website - https://www.goddessexplorationsacademy.com/      https://www.spiritualleadershipconsulting.com/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS05:46 Resilience is fueled by 4 energies: Physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual11:04 Spiritual energy and a life with meaning: Finding meaning in God and nature 20:29 The changing nature of spirituality: Brian leaves the episcopal church26:30 A state of compromise with wealth and deciding to end his life 33:24 Brian's spirituality based on the 7 directions of Native American tradition39:10 The circle of life: Being responsible not just himself but for generations after44:18 Commitment to living into a passion of helping others identify their own passion48:00 One action you can take today to find meaning is to breathe 49:09 Connect with BrianQUOTES12:37 "Spiritual energy comes into us from the world beyond us and gives us a sense of belonging, a sense of purpose, a sense of why I'm here in the world and what difference I make to the world around me." 31:37 "As strange as it sounds, the first thing that really made me feel alive again was one day when I was taking a shower and feeling the water hitting me and running down me and really connecting with... how many thousands of showers have I taken?"35:42 "I give thanks for all the gifts that I will be receiving this day. So it's a prayer of Thanksgiving for the opportunities, but not just the opportunities, not just the positives, because the negatives are gifts too. They teach us lessons as well. So for the opportunities and challenges, the joy, the sorrow, and so forth." 40:31 "I'm not just responding for me. I'm responsible for my children and their children and their children and their children and their children. And that belief makes it makes me a very different citizen in this world."To find out more about Brian, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briangorman07030/Website - https://transforminglives.coach/Email - brian@transforminglives.coachTo hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS03:55 Feng Shui: A connection to neuroscience and space as a metaphor for life07:12 A flooded basement: Laura learns to surround herself with belongings she loves11:28 Expectations, if not brought out into the open, is a limiting belief15:09 Emotional laziness and space: Clutter is an expression of fear19:47 People create safe physical space where they feel safe23:14 3 practices of Feng Shui: Arranging physical space to enhance quality of life25:53 Active chaos is necessary for creation, passive chaos stifles28:21 Take steps to let go and connect with space you love30:59 Space: A metaphor, give yourself permission to do what you love, look for pain points32:31 Connect with LauraQUOTES05:05 "Space matters because it's either distracting us, we're stumbling over it, we might even getting our shins cut on things that we're bumping into. The clutter could be stagnating domains of our life."06:15 "Your space is actually a metaphor for exactly what's happening in your life. Good, bad, indifferent."12:15 "We're struggling at the core of ourselves to either belong to ourselves and our true core reason for being on the planet, or pleasing other people. And I just heard recently that the two fatal limiting beliefs are feeling responsible for other people's emotions, and feeling... not wanting to disappoint anyone."21:48 "Every human being wants a haven where they get to thrive. And for some people, they thrive in a tent, on the beach. Other people thrive on a house boat out on the river. That's their sweet spot."23:28 "Everything is connected by energy and everything, the energy in everything is always changing. And then there are three practices that flow out of that."32:07 "Inside the pain points and those painful spaces and nooks and crannies of your basement closet, drawers, wherever the clutter might be hiding, you might discover in the pain points your deeper purpose and passion for living."To find out more about Laura, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurastaley1/Website - https://www.cherishyourworld.com/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS05:16 Institutional alienation plague: Decline in Catholicism in the US09:21 Serving as a Catholic priest in the Vatican and standing in his own truth12:35 Entering the seminary and realizing spirituality is greater than the Church19:06 Internal spirituality and the Divine are interconnected 23:01 Coming out of the closet as a priest28:08 Experiencing the political atmosphere and elitism of the Vatican32:37 Tradition: Passing down gifts to next generations but getting stuck in the past40:05 Coaching as a former priest: Follow your desires and create an impact41:39 Work with a coach and develop ideas, start small, and write it down46:05 Former priests founded Avanti as a resource for priests wanting to leave49:25 Connect with BrianQUOTES11:40 "I wanted to stand in my own truth, as a gay man, to live my life freely, to love another person, and I also saw when I was working and being at the Vatican so much a life that I didn't want to be part of."15:54 "The only way that I think my family or the way I understood (spirituality) culturally was, if you wanted to live or have that sense, it was to stay within the church. I've come to realize now that you can live that out in so many different ways. It's bigger than an institutional church."31:17 "It really is very, very political. And it's something that is palpable... that was one thing I picked up that it's a very insular world. Everything's very formal, no one ever loses their temper, but it's very insular and you can sense this clericalism, at times you can sense this kind of elitism."40:22 "I think what my past life as a priest and executive has really united in helping individuals is my story is one that is about owning what you desire and really, when you own what you desire and you're standing in your truth, then you are really free to do what you want to do."48:17 "Begin where you are now. It's not about where you're there, but beginning now. And that's one of the most important things. I think the next thing is, it's really powerful, sometimes we hold ourselves back by stories we've told ourselves or stories we've been told."To find out more about Brian, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianbachand/Website - https://evolutionevolution.com/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS05:37 Spiritual fitness: Internal muscles to let you weather any storm09:15 Finding spirituality in God and nature and their uniting force16:42 Caring about something greater than oneself22:31 Spiritual fitness and ethics: Integrity and doing the right thing27:15 Money and power: A priority but not the path to fulfillment32:43 Pursuing the trappings of success come at a cost35:45 Suicide: The right tools can help save a life38:49 Trust in divine timing and give it up44:00 An advocacy to be a model for others47:03 Connect with Kate QUOTES09:43 "I have friends and colleagues who don't believe in God, but they believe in nature, for instance. They believe in the divine wisdom that turns an embryo into a baby, an acorn into an oak tree. Think of the sun. It's not up there competing with the clouds and the moon and the rainbow."17:58 I think it's important to care about things happening outside of your household because eventually every public matter will reach your private door. COVID is a very good example of that.30:46 "It's time to identify and leverage your unique gifts and strengths and start using them, not just for yourself and your promotion and your new upper west side apartment, which I love, but for a larger, collective goal that's going to benefit someone more than just you." 37:53 "You see why people, sadly, would rather die than be who they are or admit the truth or live or speak their truth. And it's a tragedy. I have no patience or tolerance left for it, which is why I'm doing this work, speaking about it, and trying."46:17 "I've had so many struggles and setbacks, and I've also had so many privileges and advantages. I think we need to drop the labels, drop all of the BS and just own our greatness and power and step out and do the thing, whatever it is." To find out more about Kate, please see the links below.Website (Kate Eckman) - https://www.kateeckman.tv/Website (Full Spirit Workout) - https://www.thefullspiritworkout.com/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS04:47 Pentecostal tradition as cult culture and searching for an authentic path10:16 The rise of modern Christianity alongside capitalism14:43 Shifts in belief systems: Education on weaponized Christianity and the internet18:27 Deconstruction: High religious control systems are fragile like Jenga 22:28 Progressive Christianity: Almost a different religion altogether26:28 Roots of the downfall of religiosity and support for the LGBTQ+ movement 33:26 The success of organized religions seems to hang on to lack of inclusivity34:45 Stave off chaos from anomie but modern life now provides for many human needs37:11 Humanism and citizenship: Democracy as a post-religion spirituality40:35 Prophesying druidry and finding harmony with the earth is an imperative need42:47 Connect with MelodyQUOTES13:07 "Even though there are hundreds of verses in the Bible about what I would call economic justice, what evangelicals would call economic stewards, giving to the poor caring for the widow and orphan... The Bible is just absolutely saturated with those theologies, but  that's not a very high commitment or value in current evangelicalism."18:41 "Those systems are inherently fragile because it's like Jenga, if you pull a piece out at the bottom, then all the other pieces above that it's stacked onto that you have to accept in order to be part of that community, all those other pieces start getting a little bit less stable."24:49 "It seems like once people have deconstructed a fundamentalistic religion or like we've been talking about systems of high religious control, it seems to me there is often a lot of trauma and a lot of resentment that has built up and the people would rather just leave faith altogether than try to reform it."36:25 "A lot of people would say maybe there's not as high of a need for God if we don't deal with anomie on a regular basis. So I think the question is, does religion offer something that's more than oppression and more than staving off chaos?"41:28 "I think if we can come back to environmentalist and ecological reverence and caring for it, our collective home. I think if I'm going to prophesize anything, I think that that is the biggest need in the coming decades."To find out more about Melody Stanford Martin, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/melody-stanford-martinWebsite (Brave Talk Project) - https://bravetalkproject.com/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS06:03 How do the systems of the world facilitate right relationship with those around us?14:58 The ethical question of the nonprofit industrial complex21:17 Reconciling the concept of sharing, sacrifice, and repairing the past28:13 Thought experiment: Addiction as a social problem32:16 Consumerism is sharing, but wealth is concentrated at the top35:25 In a hypothetical world where everyone's needs are met, there is no resentmentQUOTES14:58 "This is what we describe as the nonprofit industrial complex because these charities exist many times to self perpetuate and are monetarily incentivized not to solve the problems they say they're solving."15:14 "If I'm a good person in the world, do I need an object of pity or an object of charity? Do I need that homeless person to exist for me to feel good about myself because I get to give to them and I get the warm, fuzzy experience of giving?"22:45 "We took land and labor and resources from other people. So to ask us now to make some of this right and promote policies that involve sharing that stuff, it feels like sacrifice, but I'm going to offer that it's not sacrifice. It's making things right."24:30 "People with wealth get to decide based on their imaginative heartstrings who is most in need versus who may be actually most."36:13 "It's a huge net to cast, but if I want to live in right relationship with my neighbors, I want to make sure my neighbors are okay on a fundamental level."To find out more about Melody Stanford Martin, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/melody-stanford-martinWebsite - https://melodystanfordmartin.com/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS04:26 Creating a career from a careen overnight  06:48 Life is a great adventure with no guarantees10:06 Fritz's career shift pushed his boundaries to their limit14:56 Building mental toughness and letting go of worries16:38 Resilience: Living by God's design and faith as an outside strength20:41 A life of purpose: Become the best me I can be23:57 Heed the call to be an entrepreneur/artist but know the struggles too30:44 You are your business: Follow the golden rule for success36:11 Becoming Mal in Firefly: Reliable and stable amidst worries38:49 Connect with FritzQUOTES10:20 "When I worked in corporate, where I wasn't tested, I wasn't pushed to the end of myself, I wasn't figuring out what my own limitations and what my own boundaries were, and then to be thrust into something where, well, now I have to depend on something outside myself... I have to still keep making forward progress."16:44 "There's plenty of resilience, but it's there because life has almost been orchestrated in a way where the challenges are not too difficult that I got to tap out, but they're not so easy that it's like pfft, it's a piece of cake."25:59 "You're either hunting or you're farming, but you can't really do both unless you're diversifying your time. So that's the situation I was in. Now looking back, it's like yeah, it took four months to get through that. But at the time, oh my goodness, how long is this going to last?"27:22 "It's okay to just run in there and take a leap because... your body is built to handle a lot more risk than what you think you're capable of taking on. And things are never as dicey as what it looks like. That's just your brain trying to protect you because change is scary."30:58 "I think the golden rule plays a big part. Just don't do to other people what you wouldn't want to have done to you. Serve them to the best of your ability."34:40 "Try to put yourself in the shoes of someone who is afraid to make change. And how would you want to be approached? And how would you feel better about the situation? Like, what is it that someone could do to assuage your fears?"To find out more about Michael Fritzius, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/fritzopsWebsite - https://archdevops.com/Email - Fritz@archdevops.comTo hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS06:25 Mistaking success markers for happiness is a mental shortcut10:15 Outcome-based culture: Momentum can make us prisoners of our own goals20:24 Happiness has many synonyms and people always do what makes them happy26:34 Realizing the irrelevance of everything makes you free to pursue your happiness28:59 Domestic violence strips away agency and Laura's glimmer strength saved her37:47 Self-belief lets the fear die and lets you go beyond what is safe and familiar46:57 Honesty, transparency, and kindness to oneself is strength52:46 People learning to love themselves has the power to change generations of self-sabotaging thinking56:48 Connect with Laura and get her bookQUOTES07:31 "We love mental shortcuts. The subject of happiness doesn't really have mental shortcuts, which is why we go for the only available probable shortcut, which is wrong, of the symbols of what we think happiness is which is the success markers."18:37 "Do you want that because you don't love yourself and you think that's the only way that you'll be worthy of self-love? What would happen if you loved yourself? Would you still want those things? Probably not. It's an invitation to know yourself, master yourself, and then powerfully choose what you truly want."24:45 "When we constantly succumb to fear and safety-based obsessions and limits and worrying about avoidance of negative outcomes, you know what we're doing? We're actively choosing not to pursue joyful outcomes."36:11 "In the moment that we realized that we are indeed sovereign, then we start to choose differently and we can show up with greater love for ourselves and for those around us, because what we see in the world actually changes."38:26 "Self-trust and self-belief is everything. When we have unshakable self-belief... I can find myself in a crappy relationship and I know that I have the power to leave because I can handle whatever happens. I know that I can start a business because I know that if things go sideways and I lose my shirt, I'll recover and I'll be fine."43:03 "When we can appreciate the temporary nature of things, I think it really puts us in a really powerful position to have more of that agency because we realized that the scary stuff, it's not permanent."To find out more about Laura and get her book, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lldibenedetto/Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Six-Habits-Practical-Bringing-Dreams/dp/1734704330Website - https://www.thesixhabits.com/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS04:07 Applied/functional neurology is a training system for the nervous system08:02 Societal change causes our brains to move into protective outputs to keep us safe13:30 Elisabeth used the lessons of applied neurology to cope with her own challenges and dysregulation22:22 Protecting the vagus nerve and regulation as disease prevention 27:32 Trauma and the myriad causes of dysregulation in society today 32:57 Our own experiences allow us to send a unique message to the world36:21 Moving down from brain to the body and listening for your purpose39:15 Path to healing: Be curious and stimulate your vagus nerve43:25 Change is possible by healing the patterns of the past44:24 Connect with ElisabethQUOTES08:31 "As things change, that is inherently threatening to our brain and to our nervous system. Not our prefrontal cortex, but our old brain, our survival brain, because our brain functions on pattern recognition and it uses that pattern recognition to generate predictions and to generate an output that again is intended to keep us alive."10:02 "If you want to avoid moving into those protective outputs, you have to learn tools to regulate your nervous system in the times of change and to move that stress through your body so that you can handle it."13:42 "Does that mean that all the time you're going to be resilient? All the time you're going to bounce back right away? No, but you will be able to handle more and you'll be able to come back onto the beam quicker if you take the time to regulate yourself, to learn tools for self regulation and to took practice daily."21:33 "A dysregulated nervous system that goes on for too long creates chronic stress, cortisol pumping through the body all of the time. All of that cortisol erodes the vessels,it damages the nerves, it creates inflammation, it creates a toxic environment in your body. And that is where 75 to 95% of disease comes from, from chronic stress."29:26 "Trauma is not the event itself. It's what happens inside of our body. Trauma is how you feel inside and what happens again when you're re-triggered by something. So again it's that sense of your heart racing, your immune response kicking up, inflammation, tension in your muscles, emotional reactivity."41:31 "I teach people to follow your dysregulation and that will lead you to your path of healing. So where you are stuck in those behaviors or those outputs that you can't get out of, that's your signal to come into that place and start to learn to heal your nervous system there."To find out more about Elisabeth, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabeth-kristof-0859612/Website - https://brainbased-wellness.com/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS03:22 Growing up agnostic and with an allergy to nuts06:57 Moving to LA alone and working in real estate10:59 2011: A peanut butter cake brings Chris to the brink of death25:58 A realization that death was imminent and letting go of materialism34:10 Meeting his grandfathers spiritually and being not to die yet 38:17 Putting to words the experience of a reality other than this physical realm44:37 Response to skeptics: Science may or may not prove his experience true48:48 NDE produced a painful consciousness shift and reintegration was difficult56:50 Focusing on healing and integration and teaching others on NDE1:13:34 The need to reconnect with community for a fulfilling life1:16:25 Connect with ChrisQUOTES28:54 "My throat was not opening up. I was not responsive. They could not get oxygen into me. So I'm suffocating slowly. And I didn't feel anything. I felt this very calm peace, and I had this realization... this understanding that I was dying at this point."34:47 "I'm in this conscious state of leaving my physical body, leaving this reality, leaving this life. And I had both my grandfathers present themselves to me. And as clear as it could be, my one grandfather goes, you can't die. You can't die yet. It's not your time. You have work to do."39:07 "It seemed normal. It seemed appropriate. It was just understood. There was no discrepancy. I could say the words coming to me now is where there was nothing that wasn't what it should be.41:13 "And that's what we went from. We went from this euphoric bliss and this experience with deceased loved ones to I just need to breathe right now. I need to come back, I'm back to we need to live right now."52:02 "I'm here sitting here in Beverly Hills selling mansions, and now these things don't matter to me. My value system is different. What I want is different. My relation to others is different. Everything. My diet's changed. My sensitivity is sunlight, music, noises, food has changed overnight."1:06:36 "It's okay if church on Sunday or Shabbat on Friday is not fulfilling. That's all wonderful. Everyone finds peace and sustenance in wherever that is. And if you don't have it in what you're doing, keep looking, and it will change."To find out more about Chris, please see the link below.Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/chris.kito.33To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS04:39 Joe's childhood in Tacoma and enlistment in the Airforce08:20 Creating opportunities in the military and growing into leadership roles12:03 Leadership is service, but who are you serving?18:04 Service liberates oneself from the existential vacuum21:18 Sacrifice and service: Finding meaning and developing purpose28:17 Ethical dilemmas vs ethical lapses 33:29 Secular and non-secular ethics must factor in human nature to be effective37:04 Find your leadership values and develop your self-awareness 40:07 Curiosity as a character trait creates emphatic leaders 41:13 Connect with JoeQUOTES12:25 "My leadership philosophy is service, and then followed by recognition, and then after recognizing the people that deserve the recognition, then it's improvement. So it's growing people, but that foundation is service."19:29 "I no longer have to serve myself to help myself get promoted or anything, so I think it was a great, liberating feeling. But I think some people never get that feeling because it continues to want to stroke their ego."28:24 "Ethical dilemmas are when you have two values that are contradicting... and now you're having a problem with picking what the right answer is, where ethical lapses you know that that's the wrong for... and you did it."33:08 "I think that treating people with courtesy, respect, withholding judgment, these are things that are universal. It's not just in the Christian beliefs system. It's very much across."39:13 "If you're not self-aware, you are not going to make an effective leader. That is the first step. Developing that emotional intelligence is a huge part and a foundational part of emotional intelligence is self-awareness."To find out more about Joseph, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jybogdanLinkedIn (Llama Leadership) - https://www.linkedin.com/company/llama-leadershipWebsite - https://www.llamaleadership.com/Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-llama-lounge/id1507339010To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS04:42 Secular institutions can reinforce values but not provide their structures 10:01 Integrating your authentic self into your professional role15:07 Inattention blindness: Distraction with business blinds to values20:48 Bringing self-awareness to work and becoming a person of conscience27:23 Leaders can transition from being to corrupt and not realize the transition33:19 Keep your humanity: Refuse complicity and believe in the power of 240:24 Living according to values and leading a meaningful life42:13 The Commitment Project: An attempt to impart values to students46:56 There is choice in a corrupt system and it starts with the right thoughts51:37 Corruption happens when you allow rationalization to become your thought58:27 Becoming a pacifist and committing to values to live by 1:02:03 Buddhism meditation and awareness of the impermanence of life1:05:09 Anchoring on your own conscience code on connection1:07:04 Connect with RichardQUOTES13:56 "There's a lack of integration between the personal and the professional realm over certain basic values that ought to be informing both sides of the life and these are values like compassion for suffering, honesty, and transparency."21:26 "One of the most important things people can do to bring this sense of self-awareness to their day-to-day life at work is to think of themselves as a person of conscience, someone who has values and they implement those values at home by duty and habit."34:39 "Never take this journey alone. The damage comes when you allow yourself to be isolated, when you allow yourself to be minimized and marginalized and you know what's going on is toxic. You know it's wrong but you don't speak because you think you're the only one."40:24 "I think a lot of why people respond when you speak up for values is it's healing for them within themselves. And people really crave that sense of integration which is a sense of meaning and purpose."53:42 "Aristotle teaches us that virtue, just like exercise, is a habit. And as soon as you allow yourself to behave in a way that violates your own conscience, you form the habit of being unvirtuous. So the power of two helps."56:03 "It's much easier to keep your principles a hundred percent of the time than it is to keep them 98% of the time."57:14 "What is the spiritual side of your life? It's the side that connects you to all the things greater than yourself."To find out more about Richard, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-shell-4baa15203Wharton Profile - https://lgst.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/shellric/Website - http://www.grichardshell.com/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS04:12 Starting with idealism and instead choosing corporate success 11:45 Working for big law and paying the price for success 19:16 The highest performers almost always require external validation21:50 Repeated bouts of shingles convince Hana to make a change25:26 When the world crumbles, you have the opportunity to create a brand new world29:13 Reconnecting with her social work and applying her skills for others' benefit31:35 Finding spirituality: Be willing to cry the tears and hold up the mirror 37:00 You CAN have a career doing what you love39:35 Resilience without spirituality is possible by reconnecting 41:24 Connection to spirit: Are you happy?44:12 Connect with HanaQUOTES14:30 "I think it's difficult before you enter big law to understand exactly what the cost is going to be. It's not just your time. It is your mental space. It is your emotional bandwidth. It is time with your family. It is a good night's sleep. It's being on call 24/7."20:55 If you don't set boundaries around how you achieve your goals, then achieving them at any cost is not going to make you feel fulfilled."25:08 "If I chose not to practice law or move into a different profession altogether, am I still me? And that journey was actually the most beautiful unfolding of a real sense of truth about who I was beyond what I did."25:37 "When you were in that moment of everything around you sort of crumbling, do you actually start to realize there's a blank canvas in front of you? There's this opportunity to pick up the paintbrush again and not to recreate the world that crumbled around you." 32:39 "You have to be willing to put down any resistance to the lessons that life is bringing to you. If you are confronted with a challenge, you have to be able to welcome and embrace that and ask yourself, what is it here to teach me?"35:16 "We have a choice on how we evolve in life, on who we become, and that choice exists every single moment. We are never condemned to be a certain way based on what we've experienced in the past, but it takes responsibility and honesty to be able to move forward deliberately, not just through patterns of behavior that we cycle through again and again."39:40 "Disconnection from spirit is not a permanent state. Resilience requires you to understand what it feels like to be disconnected from spirit."To find out more about Hana, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanadhanji/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/hana.dhanjiWebsite - https://hanadhanji.com/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS04:29 Morals and ethics and making businesses Irresistible08:40 Intersecting moral, ethics, and character in business12:18 A 10-day trial: Yermi loses, his mom, family, and business17:44 Surviving the tear: Volunteering in prisons and finding meaning25:13 Every human being matters and incredible character transformations31:14 Lifers in prison live more meaningful lives than most people37:54 Morality in business makes for good business46:31 The practice of empathy is the practice of non-judgment53:58 Connect with YermiQUOTES07:13 "Irresistible is three things. Number one, you have to be happy. Number two, you have to have a good attitude. And number three, you have to have a good character because everybody wants to be around the person who's happy.”31:52 "These people who have nothing to live for, all of a sudden have everything to live for, and they're living meaningful and purposeful lives... what about... the business professionals... they're not even living half the life that these guys are living."35:04 Definitely, you want to see change in the world? Do more business. You want a world of a good place, do more business, but it has to have meaning and purpose. Two people have to feel that there's a good connection and they'll do business together."49:45 "If we start judging, it's probably something in ourselves that we want control, something in our self that we feel less than, or I don't know. All of that is tied into character and attitude." 50:38 "Right now, we should be focusing on who are we to judge anybody else? And the only way to avoid that is to work on our happiness, or work on our attitude, and work on our character. And a big, big portion of that has to do with empathy."To find out more about Yermi, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/yermikurkus/Website - http://yermikurkus.com/Email - yermi@yermikurkus.comTo hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS03:55 Ram Dass becomes a recurring influence07:03 Moving to Canada and discovering Sufism during a Rumi poetry night14:57 A radical change in beliefs realigns Hamed's career to match his values23:33 The law of attraction brings like-minded friends to Hamed's business27:03 Spirituality versus mysticism: Sufism 31:35  God does not look at your shape or form, He looks at your heart33:31 Sufism is not a label, the point is love36:59 Connect with HamedQUOTES15:56 "No religion teaches anything except that God is the most compassionate and the most loving and one of the biggest lies we have ever heard from organized religion is that God's love is conditional."20:04 "When a Sufi walks into a place, a room, where things are broken, what do you think will he do? Will he walk back out and find a room where everything is all nice and fixed, or fix the broken things? That was my answer."24:01 "As our vibration changes and as we put our work and we build that presence within ourselves and our vibration changes, we notice that slowly, slowly things, the people around us, change."27:56 "Spirituality is when we work on ourselves and when we heal ourselves and when we grow as human beings. That's a spiritual path. A mystical path is there is no me. There is only God. So what is it that I'm fixing? I'm already healed."32:07 "The Creator says, in Islam, in Quran, I do not look at your shape, at your form, at your color. I look at what you're carrying in the deepest part of your heart. Are you carrying love? Or are you carrying fear and anger and judgment?"To find out more about Hamed Murad, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamedmurad/Twitter - https://twitter.com/hamedmuradTo hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS05:30 Growing up under the Taliban was a life of oppression14:36 Experiencing a drastic change in religion and the prevalence of fear 17:50 Religion is used as an excuse to rule with impunity21:04 9/11 brings war to Kabul and Hamed evacuates to Pakistan27:02 Escaping from tyranny and the culture of violence29:50 Education in the UK and meeting new religions34:46 Curiosity sets in: What else is out there?QUOTES14:53 "Religion is the one of the easiest weapon to trigger people's emotions. It has always been, historically. If we go back to history and look at every religion, religions, the labels, have been used to motivate people."16:18 "These were all, apparently, religious requirements. But they're not. This was, once again, a way to instill fear in people through religion. 17:25 "When we use religion with so much fear, we build a grudge against religion. We may be practicing it outwardly for society, for Taliban, for whatever, to fit in, for label, for familiarity, but inside was an entirely different story."27:15 "Even the regime changed, the mentality was the same. They say you can build infrastructure, you can build streets, buildings, but you cannot change people's mentality overnight. That takes generations."33:55 "One thing I could not get over or deny within myself, to myself, really no one else out there, to myself, is that there is a bigger intelligence. I know. I felt it as a kid. That I could never deny."To find out more about Hamed Murad, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamedmurad/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

To find out more about Casey Berman, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseybermansf/Website (Leave Law Behind) - https://leavelawbehind.com/about/meet-casey/Website (Casey Berman) - http://caseyberman.com/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.HIGHLIGHTS03:23 Becoming a lawyer and realizing the unhappiness09:15 "I feel therefore I am" and opening up minds to new entrepreneurial horizons13:10 Getting in the zone and exploring feelings instead of just logic17:32 Working in the service road rather than the purpose highway23:06 Destiny: Does it define your life or can you choose your own?28:00 Every human being matters32:00 Cloning Gandhi, MLK, Mother Teresa: Finding a beacon who loves 35:07 Connect with Casey and Leave Law BehindQUOTES08:39 "You can't unring a bell. Once I saw that there were just other things out there, or once I saw that there was things that I didn't really like, that weren't that beneficial, not to be a diva but I just had to do something about it."16:18 "I encourage really everyone to not just rely on the intellect, not just rely on 'I think therefore I am' because if you're doing that you are missing out on a whole portion of yourself which is feeling." 25:08  "What it turned was not that I need to have success, I need to see it in my material world before I have confidence. But what I flipped was I have the confidence now and the success will show."31:37 "We're different geysers, if you will, but we all come from the same water running underground. And when you realize that you realize that, at the end of the day, you're talking to yourself."33:38 "Fear is not just being afraid but it's anxiety, depression, unhealthy competition, looking at things for stature, feeling lack, and all that. And love is collaboration. It's not just romantic love. It's collaboration, it's connectedness, it's being abundant, it's being confident."

HIGHLIGHTS04:15 Trust in the ethics of politics, businesses, and religion is at an all-time low11:42 Yonason learns his Jewish roots in Israel17:37 Does living an ethical life mean doing what's hard? 23:56 The Socratic method and learning new lessons from students29:37 The future is shaped into goodness with hope33:35 Lessons from the past: How ancient wisdom remains relevant in the modern world36:48 Integrity leads to happier lives and better business 42:37 Defining ethical moments require you to take accountability for yourself QUOTES06:26 "When we take responsibility for our personal ethics, what we do is we make it easier for other people to trust us. And that creates a healthy society, healthy community, healthy business."09:52 "What's the definition of a good person? Someone who's trying to be a better person. And if we would take that to heart, I can't change the world right now but I can change me."11:29 "A mistake is an opportunity to learn. A mistake is an opportunity to recognize how to do better next time. And that's the key to a successful life and a happy life."47:51 "There's no app for being ethical. We're dealing with competing levels of values, competing principles, and sometimes it gets really messy and really uncomfortable."48:10 "It's hard to do the right thing. If it were easy, we would all do it. And part of the reason it's hard is because it's not always easy to know what the right thing to do is."To find out more about Yonason Goldson, please see the links below.LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/yonason-goldson/Website - https://www.yonasongoldson.com/Amazon author page - https://www.amazon.com/Yonason-Goldson/e/B00JE7CJWC/Grappling With The Gray: An Ethical Handbook for Personal Success and Business Prosperity - https://www.amazon.com/Grappling-Gray-Handbook-Personal-Prosperity/dp/1952538688The Rabbi and the Shrink Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5gET8sjkIhB1HPS2huvo4wTo hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

HIGHLIGHTS04:32 The drop in religious membership is happening globally13:26 Religiosity is NOT encoded in our DNA16:45 Measuring religiosity with the 3 B's: Belief, Behavior, and Belonging24:05 The foundations of the US Constitution do not mention God31:47 Universal and national causes of secularization 37:39 There is no political "Christian Left"47:50 There are sociological and ethical evidences of the benefits of secularization 51:15 What ethics and morality will look like in 50 yearsQUOTES32:20 "Increased education, increased prosperity always leads to levels or degrees of secularization. So the more people can read and write and have scientific literacy and reading, just basic literacy, opens up the world." 36:58 "If you don't have control over your life, you're going to turn towards religion. There's no question about it."47:26 "Passionate search for meaning can serve ill or good. It depends on how it's channeled."48:35 "The nations today that are the least religious, the democracies that are the least religious, the least churchgoing, the least believing in god, are the safest and most ethical societies the world has ever known."50:10 "We learn how to be moral and ethical preverbally by the people that raise us. We are not taught how to be moral, we are socialized into morality. We learn it from the experiences we have from zero to ten by the people who care for us."To find out more about Phil Zuckerman, please see the links below.Amazon Author Page - https://www.amazon.com/Phil-Zuckerman/e/B001HD3S8U/Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment - https://www.amazon.com/Society-without-God-Religious-Contentment/dp/0814797237What It Means to Be Moral: Why Religion Is Not Necessary for Living an Ethical Life - https://www.amazon.com/What-Means-Be-Moral-Necessary/dp/164009274Living the Secular Life: New Answers to Old Questions - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00INIQQEA/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

Eben Alexander III is an Author and Speaker about (and Explorer of) Consciousness and a global thought leader broadening the boundaries of science to fully embrace our spiritual essence. The 2012 publication of his globally acclaimed New York Times #1 bestseller "Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife," and the 2014 sequel "The Map of Heaven: How Science, Religion and Ordinary People are Proving the Afterlife." His latest book, "Living in a Mindful Universe" (2017), addresses scientific notions on the nature of consciousness and delineates the profound path towards ontological idealism that neuroscience and philosophy of mind are now taking.Karen Newell is the co-founder of Sacred Acoustics, an innovator in the emerging field of brainwave entrainment audio meditation. She empowers others in journeys of self-discovery through specialized audio technology. These recordings provide a pathway for listeners to calm the mind, connect to inner guidance, achieve inspiration, improve wellness and develop intuition. Karen regularly collaborates with best-selling author and neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander; they travel around the globe giving workshops, lectures, research presentations, and webinars. She co-authored with Dr. Alexander the 2017 book, Living in a Mindful Universe: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Heart of Consciousness. In addition, they have co-created the Inner Sanctum Center to explore and share with their audience the mysteries of universal consciousness, near-death experiences, telepathy, and other phenomena at the nexus of science and spirituality. As they give more attention to developing our inner world, it leads to tremendous personal growth and transformation.To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

Eben Alexander III is an Author and Speaker about (and Explorer of) Consciousness and a global thought leader broadening the boundaries of science to fully embrace our spiritual essence. The 2012 publication of his globally acclaimed New York Times #1 bestseller "Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife," and the 2014 sequel "The Map of Heaven: How Science, Religion and Ordinary People are Proving the Afterlife." His latest book, "Living in a Mindful Universe" (2017), addresses scientific notions on the nature of consciousness and delineates the profound path towards ontological idealism that neuroscience and philosophy of mind are now taking.Karen Newell is the co-founder of Sacred Acoustics, an innovator in the emerging field of brainwave entrainment audio meditation. She empowers others in journeys of self-discovery through specialized audio technology. These recordings provide a pathway for listeners to calm the mind, connect to inner guidance, achieve inspiration, improve wellness and develop intuition. Karen regularly collaborates with best-selling author and neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander; they travel around the globe giving workshops, lectures, research presentations, and webinars. She co-authored with Dr. Alexander the 2017 book, Living in a Mindful Universe: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Heart of Consciousness. In addition, they have co-created the Inner Sanctum Center to explore and share with their audience the mysteries of universal consciousness, near-death experiences, telepathy, and other phenomena at the nexus of science and spirituality. As they give more attention to developing our inner world, it leads to tremendous personal growth and transformation.To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

Cole Pasley is currently a Superintendent, EOD Tech Division in the US Air Force. He is an experienced Superintendent with a demonstrated history of working in the Defense & Leadership industry. He is skilled in Military Strategy, Technology Development, Conflict Resolution, Organizational Leadership, and Discipleship Training with interests and education in Christian Theology, Church History, and Aviation. Cole is well-versed in combat situations and a proven leader in contingency and special operations forces operations. With a strong information technology professional pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Leadership from Southeastern University.To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/  and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

Cole Pasley is currently a Superintendent, EOD Tech Division in the US Air Force. He is an experienced Superintendent with a demonstrated history of working in the Defense & Leadership industry. He is skilled in Military Strategy, Technology Development, Conflict Resolution, Organizational Leadership, and Discipleship Training with interests and education in Christian Theology, Church History, and Aviation. Cole is well-versed in combat situations and a proven leader in contingency and special operations forces operations. With a strong information technology professional pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Leadership from Southeastern University.To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

Shelley Brown is a corporate strategist who spent 25 years practicing the fine arts of mergers, acquisitions, downsizings, public-private transitions, acts of God, performance reviews, KPIs, workplace cultures, and so much more, Shelley kept her weird to herself...until as an ultra runner, her vertebrae collapsed, forcing her to rethink who she was and why.Through this adversity, Shelley learned to allow her individuality to shine through, tapping into her extreme creativity and fearlessness to make a greater impact on the world. This confidence—along with a lifetime serving the hospitality, technology, and convention markets—gave Shelley the unique opportunity to make a remarkable difference, building a program that helped countless leaders and employees learn to be the drivers of their own awareness so they could become more effective, productive, and present.A bold speaker, future NY Times best-selling author, and incredible ball of positive energy, Shelley has learned to allow her W.E.I.R.D to shine through, turning it from a label to a way of being. Her pandemic resume includes writing a book, launching a greeting card line, and becoming a self-taught pop artist.Incredibly engaging and fun, Shelley encourages audiences to allow their W.E.I.R.D., embracing individuality to land at a place of inclusion.Shelley Brown is also the author of her upcoming book, Weird Girl Adventures from A to Z. This is expected to be released in the last week of June 2021.To find out more about Shelley Brown, please see the links below.Website - http://www.weirdgirladventures.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/weirdgirladventures/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/weirdgirladventuresLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelleybbrown/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

Tony D'Urso is a host of VoiceAmerica. He is showcasing successful entrepreneurs along with humanitarian endeavors and noteworthy projects. They share wisdom, advice, and guidance with you to assist in transforming your career, business, and your life. Join Tony D'Urso and his Special VIP Co-Hosts as they interview some of the biggest names in the world from Hollywood Stars, Sports Greats, Business Experts, Game Changers, Bestselling Authors, and World Class CEOs who share their insights and personal journeys on their road to success.Each guest opens up their World of Fame to The Spotlight audience covering a variety of topics from Business to Sports, from Literature to Music, From Television to Film, and much more.The Spotlight with Tony D'Urso and Special VIP Co-Hosts gets into the core essence of their guests: where they've been, what made them who they are and what they're doing today, along with future goals and plans.The Spotlight audience is sure to come away with valuable gems and insights imparted by these world-class guests.To find out more about Tony D'Urso, please see the links below.Website - https://tonydurso.com/Podcast - https://tonydurso.com/podcast/Books - https://tonydurso.com/books/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

Brian Reinbold is at his best when he is helping others to become their best. He is the eternal optimist, an enlightening and uplifting speaker, and a community builder who inspires people in all walks of life to rise and meet their challenges through the service of others. With his innovative approach to leadership development, soothing voice, engaging sense of humor, passion for mentoring, and ability to harness the power of analogy to create the aha moment, Brian invites you to dream bigger, accomplish more, and have more fun than you ever thought possible.Brian is the architect of a successful career that spans business ownership, consulting, coaching, sales management, sales training, philanthropy, professional speaking, and broadcasting; as the host of the BraveHearts Radio Show on Voice America Internet Radio, he is taking the thought leadership conversation to the next level, providing an outlet for experts to broaden their reach and find a target audience. As the Mission Specialist, he is elevating the profile of BraveHearts for Kids, a charity organization that supports the needs of pediatric cancer patients and their families.Through his corporate board experience, broadcasting platform, writings, and instructional methods, Brian is crystallizing the concept of mission-building behavior and helping mission-driven organizations connect with their employees and/or constituents. He is known as a design thinker and a dot connector who can align people with ideas, course a path, and generate a best-fit solution. His vision is to create an environment that supports open communication, increases employee and customer retention, and drives profitability.To find out more about Brian Reinbold, please see the links below.Website’shttp://www.braveheartsradio.org/https://braveheartsforkids.org/https://machupicchu.braveheartsadventures.org/machu-picchu-an-adventure-of-the-heart1616465154305 To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

Scott Harris began his journey with his mother’s battle with cancer. For the better part of a year, he witnessed his mother’s fight through the highs and lows of her illness. The inner strength he developed from accepting the loss of his mother motivated him to make changes in his own life.Scott remembers his humble beginnings in fitness; navigating his way through weightlifting was overwhelming. He felt like a fish out of water. The outer strength he developed in the gym inspired him to help others lead healthier, positive life. Scott has been in the health and wellness industry for ten years. He has trained clients of all fitness levels for the past eight. His mother’s courage to fight cancer keeps him fighting for his clients and continues to inspire him to be the best trainer he can. Scott provides the tools and techniques to help clients safely get to where they need to go. Novice or athlete, he can help you get the most out of your workouts. Together with dedication, sweat and, a little humor, they can release your inner warrior. Find out more about Scott Harris by following and checking out the links below.Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/itsscottharris/Facebook - https://www.instagram.com/itsscottharris/Website - https://www.warriorwithintraining.com/Scott Harris is also the podcast host of Hero In Progress which is available in all major podcasting channels.To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

L. Scott Ferguson is the Managing Director for The Ferguson Real Estate Team and Investment group who also runs his podcast, Time To Shine Today, where he upholds his mission not to have anyone feel like they have no one. The podcast is dedicated to a mastermind of people who are always on the lookout to pick up their next step to add to their success arsenal and pay it forward. Over 22 years of experience as a professional in the real estate industry, L. Scott and his team specialize in: Luxury properties in South Florida, First-time home buyers, Consulting in Real Estate Investment, Rent-to-Own arrangements, Short-sales, and distressed properties, and negotiations.  With an origin story that was highly sought after by the entertainment industry, L. Scott was finally prepared to share his story that allowed him to build his platform to help individuals and teams to Level Up in their professional and personal lives by sharing their system, the Knowledge Nuggets. Prior to him becoming the real estate pro/micro influencer, L. Scott served in the US Navy in the early to mid 1990s with multiple deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia. Find out more about L. Scott Ferguson by checking out his website - https://timetoshinetoday.com/To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.