The Michael Amidei Show

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Michael Amidei is a creative polymath, working as a musician, poet, author, and speaker. He is a childhood cancer survivor and has appeared on 20/20, ABC, CBS, & NBC. In this podcast, Michael delves into the subjects of philosophy, creativity, art, beauty, and how to live a meaningful and authentic experience, what he calls "living life as poetry". Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

Michael Amidei


    • Aug 4, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Ep.589 - Ever Slowly (Bit By Bit)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2022 3:56


    In this episode, Michael discusses how success never seems to appear in just "one moment", but in the slow accumulation of advancing steps. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.588 - The "Why" Of Anger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2022 3:08


    Michael discusses how he has been going about delving into his own anxiety and anger. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.587 - Done Vs. Perfect

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2022 3:03


    Michael discusses an important idea for creative people. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.586 - Be The Anti-Troll (Early Morning Coffee)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2022 4:48


    Michael discusses the value of positivity and being an agent of reconciliation. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.585 - A Prayer For The New Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2022 4:37


    Michael sets a prayer for 2022. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.584 - What We Need To Learn

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2021 2:25


    Michael shares a new theme that he's working with in the coming months, emphasizing action over further reading and training. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.583 - Intention For The New Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 6:52


    Even though it's not the first thing on everyone's mind, Michael is already setting intentions and working for the New Year. 2022, he hopes, will be a good year. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.582 - Spend Vs. Circulate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 3:32


    Michael discusses a mental shift around prosperity that has changed how he perceives the world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.581 - More Awesomeness, Not Less

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 4:42


    Michael discusses the value of creating "awesomeness" in life as a tactic to scale to reaching larger goals. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.580 - Hold The Silence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 3:34


    Michael discusses his joyful new pursuit: silence. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.579 - Scars Tell The Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2021 3:23


    Michael discusses the meaning and the opportunity in our scars... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.578 - Filling The Void

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 2:55


    Michael discusses what fills the void after our illusions are seen for what they are. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.577 - Imposters!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 2:45


    Michael discusses success and failure... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.576 - Summer Night (The Moment You're In)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 4:58


    Michael discusses finding joy in the moment as opposed to being entirely future-focused... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.575 - Mayweather vs. Paul

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 3:20


    Michael discusses the match up between Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.574 - The Truth! (And Other Hilarious Constructs Of My Bias Laden Mind...)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2021 6:35


    Michael talks about the truth... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.573 - My Own Civil War

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 4:02


    Michael commemorates the anniversary of the beginning of the US Civil War and ties it to deep personal work. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.572 - The Unseen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 3:38


    Michael discusses how to create art that creates a rebounding art effect within the audience. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.571 - Unique Robots

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 5:26


    Michael discusses the power of being unique in your career and life. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.570 - Starving Artists

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 3:46


    Michael discusses the myth of the starving artist and charts a direction for the future of the podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.569 - Freedom In Definition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 6:50


    Michael discusses the dance between going with the flow and the action of will in the world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.568 - The Gap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 4:55


    Michael discusses a late night text message from a friend and the inspiration that followed. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.567 - Memories Of Inauguration Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 3:47


    Michael tells the story of a past inauguration and how it changed his life. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.566 - Recede You Tyrants

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 3:47


    Michael shares a new short piece and his thoughts on our cultural transition. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.565 - The Ache (or "Mad Men In Washington")

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 10:36


    Michael discusses nostalgia, the myth of the "great" America, and the series "Mad Men"... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.564 - Stressed...

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2020 3:39


    Michael discusses the feelings of stress that many of us are experiencing. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.563 - The NOW..

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 2:58


    Michael discusses the importance of presence in this tumultuous time. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.562 - Pathway To Meaning

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 3:04


    Michael discusses the process of turning your own values into real world projects. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.561 - Dark Night Of The Soul

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 7:26


    Michael discusses the year of 2020 (so far), the election, and how he is using story to keep an empowered perspective. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.560 - The Worst Job I've Ever Had

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 2:35


    Michael discusses his spotty early employment record... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep. 559 - What Season Is It?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 5:08


    Michael discusses our seasonal nature, both as a culture and individually. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.558 - You Are Not A Metric...

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 4:29


    Michael discusses the importance of not regarding your creative work as "content" or as an "asset". --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.557 - Finding Beauty In Chaos

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2020 3:32


    Michael discusses the importance of finding inspiring and transcending beauty in the midst of tumultuous times. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.556 - Mick Jagger, My Guru

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 4:27


    Michael discusses the surprising connections between his philosophy and Mick Jagger's lyrics. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.555 - Giving Against Obstacles

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 3:49


    Michael discusses giving to the world when there is no guarantee that gift will be received. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.554 - Invitation To Renew

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2020 7:40


    Michael discusses the reimagining of the future as a method to move forward. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep. 553 - Symbology Of An Uprising

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 18:06


    Michael breaks his silence to discuss current cultural events through a lens of symbology, the unconcious, biocentrisim, and our place as creators within it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.552 - What & Why?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 6:34


    Michael discusses the root cause of our culture's prevalent hysteria and ideological violence. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.551 - Cultural Hypnosis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 6:35


    Michael discusses how culture reinforces our comfort zone by supporting our opinions and biases. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.550 - About Choices

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 3:15


    Michael discusses getting older and how the choices we make take effect in our lives. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.549 - The Truth Doesn't Matter (But This Does)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 3:59


    Michael discusses the power of the collective over the truth. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.548 - I'm Starting A Book Club...

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2020 2:18


    Michael announces that he is, in fact, starting a book club. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.547 - It Never Stops

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 3:01


    Michael discusses on of the realities of working in creativity as you professional goal. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.546 - Gratitude For The Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2020 4:41


    Michael discusses gratitude and humility and their role in doing the work that you love. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.545 - A Great Strategy For When You're Stuck

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2020 2:06


    Michael discusses one his favorite "block busting" techniqies. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.544 - The Show About Nothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2020 2:43


    Michael discusses persistence in the face of resistance. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.543 - Manage Your Energy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 4:03


    Michael discusses the need for making mistakes and how to head of the emotional fallout from making them. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.542 - No Perfect Moments

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2020 3:45


    Michael discusses several counterintuitive concepts around creativity... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.541 - Control Your Context

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2020 3:08


    Michael discusses the power of context in our lives... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.540 - Breaking The Dysfunctional Chain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020 4:48


    Michael discusses what he's learned about healing in dysfunctional relationships... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

    Ep.539 - Should You "Fake It Until You Make It"?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2020 3:51


    Michael discusses the old concept if "faking it" until you "make it". --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

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