Unapologetically Human with Dan Boivin

In this episode, I share my conversation with friend and fellow artist, Vijay Maharaj, who I met during some leadership trainings we both did several years ago. We talk about many things going on in our society and our world today—circa 07/22/23 when this conversation was recorded—and the absolute clusterfuck of it all.  Follow Vijay on IG @viijaylm. ——————————————————————————— Let's connect! For more from Unapologetically Human with Dan Boivin, follow me on Instagram: @unapologeticli @drcsboivin Please reach out with feedback/comments, or questions and to let me know what you'd like to hear or learn more about! And please give the podcast a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify as it helps others find the show and helps us find more listeners and supporters! To support the show and my ability to bring more valuable conversations and insights, please consider becoming a supporter on Patreon or by Buying Me a Coffee! ——————————————————————————— Topics covered/touched upon in this episode:  • How I lost the recording of our previous conversation • The rise and fall of empires through history, cycles of stability and integration and instability and disintegration • Listening to our inner voice, setting boundaries, and telling people to fuck off • The trial of Socrates • The horrific massacres that happened in the 20th century and the ensuing (and continuing/escalating) standoff of mutually assured destruction • How deeply people have been traumatized and manipulated with fear and propaganda these past few years • The importance of having people in your life who you can have conversations with where you disagree and not have it threaten the friendship • The problems with text-based communication, and how the filters we listen through affect how we perceive communication • The importance of filling your cup up first and stopping people pleasing • The need for us to find ways to live with each other despite our differences and to actually cultivate tolerance • The controversy surrounding Jordan Peterson, compelled speech, what he and his actual philosophies are about, and how we cannot have free societies without free speech • The history of psychological epidemics and how they disproportionately affect women due to biological and psychological vulnerabilities • The systematic reviews done and stepping back from the so-called “affirmative model“ of gender medicine by Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the UK due to the poor quality of evidence for its efficacy and clear evidence for its dangers and long term repercussions, especially related to minors • How people get wrapped up into ideologies because they attach their own identity to a set of beliefs and ideas leading people to attack and demonize those who disagree with them ——————————————————————————— Other things mentioned/to check out:  • Honestly podcast with data driven historian, David Turchin, Are We Living Through ‘End Times'? • Patrick Bet-David / Valuetainment • JBP's conversation with Chloe Cole and how therapists are neglecting their duties, particularly when it comes to gender dysphoria • JBP updates on Ontario College of Psychologists case against him:      - 01/12/23         - 08/24/23       - 01/23/24 • Convicted rapists and murderers self identifying as women to get into women's prisons/stay out of men's prisons • Kellie-Jay Keen's Let Women Speak events and the violent trans rights activists that show up to try to shut them down, such as what happened in New Zealand • Layla Jane, who was given a double mastectomy at 13 years old • Jordan Peterson joke from comedian Aaron Chen's standup special, If Weren't Filmed, Nobody Would Believe ——————————————————————————— UH's theme music was composed by Akira The Don. He's amazing...check out his MEANINGWAVE UNIVERSE! Lyrics and co-production by, yours truly, Max Draxby.

In this episode, I share my conversation with a behavioural analyst who's been working with autistic patients for over a decade, Missy Morris. Missy is also the host of the podcast, Just Sayin' It, in which she shares deeply personal stories about her life, her beliefs, what she sees going on in the world that not enough people are speaking up about, using her voice to follow her divine path, and many other topics. We talk about the timeless human experience of good vs evil and how it relates to our world today, being authentic and true to yourself, using your voice, and finding your people.  Follow Missy on IG @justsayinitpod and Twitter (now 'X') @justsayinitpod. ——————————————————————————— Let's connect! For more from Unapologetically Human with Dan Boivin, follow me on Instagram: @unapologeticli @drcsboivin Please reach out with feedback/comments, or questions and to let me know what you'd like to hear or learn more about! And please give the podcast a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify as it helps others find the show and helps us find more listeners and supporters! To support the show and my ability to bring more valuable conversations and insights, please consider becoming a supporter on Patreon or by Buying Me a Coffee! ——————————————————————————— Topics covered/touched upon in this episode:  • The corruption in the world at the level of evil, needing Biblical language to be invoked in order to understand its magnitude  • The link between vaccines and autism, which in my episode intro leading up to my convo with Missy, I touch upon Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast and the controversy generated discussing the same topic, as well as his  appearance on Bari Weiss' podcast, Honestly (I forgot to mention the increase in autism from 1 in 10,000 in 1970 to 1 in 36 today. If it's not vaccines, then we've got to have discussions to figure out what has caused this insane increase.) • How Missy has pushed through the fear of potential social and professional repercussions to speak out in the way that she is • How differently people think about the exact same subject simply because of tuning into different sources of information cause them to live in different realities • The mass manipulation of people causing them to turn on each other. (former director of the CIA in 1981, William J. Casey, once said, "We'll know our disinformation campaign is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ...something to think about.)  ——————————————————————————— Other things mentioned/to check out:  • Dr. Vinay Prasad's The Free Press article about what RFK Jr. got right and wrong in his conversation with Joe Rogan • Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago • The Tuskegee Experiments and Unit 731   • After Skool's video on how individuals and societies spiral out of control into a state of Mass Psychosis • Matias Desmet and Hannah Arendt's work about the history and psychology of authoritarianism and totalitarianism • Autistic Letterboarding • Ed Dowd's research on the excess deaths and massive amounts of disabilities that all signs are pointing to being caused by the mRNA Covid-19 vaccines ——————————————————————————— UH's theme music was composed by Akira The Don. He's amazing...check out his MEANINGWAVE UNIVERSE! Lyrics and co-production by, yours truly, Max Draxby.

In this episode, I share a conversation with my friend, Andrew Choflet, about how our beliefs, values, and identities inform the stories we tell about ourselves, each other, and the world, and orient how we show up in all areas of life. Follow Andrew on IG @andrewchoflet. Check out his Substack, Agile Faith, here! ——————————————————————————— Let's connect! For more from Unapologetically Human with Dan Boivin, follow me on Instagram: @unapologeticli @drcsboivin Please reach out with feedback/comments, or questions and to let me know what you'd like to hear or learn more about! And please give the podcast a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify as it helps others find the show and helps us find more listeners and supporters! To support the show and my ability to bring more valuable conversations and insights, please consider becoming a supporter on Patreon or by Buying Me a Coffee! ——————————————————————————— Topics covered/touched upon in this episode:  • The consequences of the loss of religion and spirituality in Western society, and the need for a unifying belief system • The conflict between and compatibility of scientific thought and religious beliefs, and figuring out what we actually believe ourselves on our own terms  • What the Bible actually is, and how, according to a deep analysis by Dr. Jordan Peterson and others, it is  the world's most influential book, or rather, a library of books • The lack of empathy in those misinterpreting and misrepresenting people they disagree with, and the importance of finding common ground to move conversations forward • The cultural baggage around religious language and stories vs modernity and secularism • How the use of story and myth to pass down knowledge is what makes us human • My trip to Miami to see a modern-day prophet, Dr. Lovy Elias, and my Messiah complex • How humanity is a superorganism ——————————————————————————— Other things mentioned/to check out:  • Determine your own hierarchy of values with the help of Dr. John Demartini • The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (The ARC)   • Actualized.org's amazingly in-depth podcast episodes, What is God? Part 1: A No Bullshit Explanation for Smart People and Part 2: Clear Answers to 70+ Commonly Asked Questions • The Bible Project and their Paradigm podcast series • Dr. Wayne Dyer • Yahya Bakkar • Dr. Bruce Lipton • After Skool's video of Dr. Jordan Peterson on the virtue in and need to Become a Monster and learn to control it • Kurzgesagt's video about the evolution of humanity and adding 10,000 years to our calendar to make it more accurate ——————————————————————————— UH's theme music was composed by Akira The Don. He's amazing...check out his MEANINGWAVE UNIVERSE! Lyrics and co-production by, yours truly, Max Draxby.

In this episode, I share a conversation with digital marketing exec. and behavioral and organizational psychologist, Bob Hutchins, about his new book, Our Digital Soul: Collective Anxiety, Media Trauma, and a Path Toward Recovery, which he co-authored with Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Jenny Black. Follow Bob on IG @bwhutchins, or on LinkedIn. Purchase the book here! ——————————————————————————— Let's connect! For more from Unapologetically Human with Dan Boivin, follow me on Instagram: @unapologeticli @drcsboivin Please reach out with feedback/comments, or questions and to let me know what you'd like to hear or learn more about! And please give the podcast a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify as it helps others find the show and helps us find more listeners and supporters! To support the show and my ability to bring more valuable conversations and insights, please consider becoming a supporter on Patreon or by Buying Me a Coffee! ——————————————————————————— Topics covered/touched upon in this episode:  • How modern media and tech are making us addicted, traumatizing us, and a pathway to healing from it • Why we need to stop viewing our "phones" as simple tools and recognize the true power they represent, both good and bad  • The importance of practicing being bored and dealing with the discomfort that has us reaching for our phones so often in the first place • How resilient we are as humans and that we are going to make it through the challenges we're currently faced with ——————————————————————————— Other things mentioned/to check out:  • Bob's TEDx Talk, Ambiguous loss & tragic optimism: Our journey through collective grief • Jenny's TEDx Talk, The Slow Drip of Media Trauma   • The Social Dilemma on Netflix / Tristan Harris' work educating about the issues with tech addiction and online media driving polarization and conflict in our societies ——————————————————————————— UH's theme music was composed by Akira The Don. He's amazing...check out his MEANINGWAVE UNIVERSE! Lyrics and co-production by, yours truly, Max Draxby.

In this episode, I share a conversation with world-renowned poet and author, Iain S. Thomas, about his recently released book, What Makes Us Human: An Artificial Intelligence Answers Life's Biggest Questions, co-authored with technologist and philosopher, Jasmine Wang, and GPT-3 (before it was released to the public). Follow Iain on IG @realiainsthomas! Purchase the book here! ——————————————————————————— Let's connect! For more from Unapologetically Human with Dan Boivin, follow us on Instagram: @unapologeticli @drcsboivin Please reach out with feedback/comments, or questions, and to let me know what you'd like to hear or learn more about! And please give the podcast a review on Apple Podcasts as it helps others find the show and helps us find more supporters! To support the show and our ability to bring more valuable conversations and insights, please consider becoming a supporter on Patreon or by Buying Me a Coffee! ——————————————————————————— Topics covered/touched upon in this episode:  • How they went about training GPT-3 to generate the profound questions and answers contained in this book • Being on the brink of a new creative revolution on par with the invention of language • Former Google engineer, Blake Lemoine's, claims that Google has already developed a sentient AI (AGI) • How we can learn to love each other when things seem so bleak and so complex, contentious, and polarized ——————————————————————————— Other things mentioned/to check out:  • A video of Iain and Jasmine explaining how they wrote the book with GPT-3 • Katie Teague's documentary about the ancient wisdom and healing practices around grief  ——————————————————————————— UH's theme music was composed by Akira The Don. He's amazing...check out his MEANINGWAVE UNIVERSE! Lyrics and co-production by, yours truly, Max Draxby.

In this episode, I share a conversation with my friend, David, a mental health professional, musician, and one of the most genuinely caring and insightful people I know.  Follow David on IG @colouring.daydreams! Check out David's debut album here! ——————————————————————————————————— Let's connect! For more from Unapologetically Human with Dan Boivin, follow us on Instagram: @unapologeticli @drcsboivin Please reach out with feedback/comments, or questions, and to let me know what you'd like to hear or learn more about! And please give the podcast a review on Apple Podcasts as it helps others find the show and helps us find more supporters! To support the show and our ability to bring more valuable conversations and insights, please consider becoming a supporter on Patreon or by Buying Me a Coffee! ——————————————————————————————————— Topics covered/touched upon in this episode:  • David's Christian upbringing and later conversion to Islam, including some of his favourite stories from the Koran • Examining your life's trajectory, including some of the most important questions in doing so, and standing up for what you believe in against the violent mob • Living in a post-secular world and how people are adopting new religious-like ideologies and pseudo-religious belief systems • Being a slave to part of yourself it seems like you can't control, the differences between the prefrontal cortex and the brain stem, and how important it is to learn to have conversations between them  • Saying you believe in God, but not having a relationship with God • That we are spiritual beings but that we try to feed our spiritual needs through physical means and how it fails us ——————————————————————————————————— Other things mentioned/to check out:  • Series: Foundations of Islam by Hamza Yusuf ——————————————————————————————————— UH's theme music was composed by Akira The Don. He's amazing...check out his MEANINGWAVE UNIVERSE! Lyrics and co-production by, yours truly, Max Draxby.

In this episode, I share a conversation with my friend, Andrei, a Russian immigrant who studied political science at the University of Toronto. Andrei and I have connected over the past few years on a number of shared concerns, including the erosion of social norms and institutions in our societies, as well as the breakdown in so many people's ability to establish common ground in communicating with one another, particularly those they disagree with, and the dangers these issues pose to all of us and our democracy. Follow Andrei on IG @archangelski_! ——————————————————————————————————— Let's connect! For more from Unapologetically Human with Dan Boivin, follow us on Instagram: @unapologeticli @drcsboivin Please reach out with feedback/comments, or questions, and to let me know what you'd like to hear or learn more about! And please give the podcast a review on Apple Podcasts as it helps others find the show and helps us find more supporters! To support the show and our ability to bring more valuable conversations and insights, please consider becoming a supporter on Patreon!  ——————————————————————————————————— Topics covered/touched upon in this episode:  • The story of how Andrei was let go from 2 volunteer roles coaching entrepreneurs because a stranger didn't like a comment he made on Instagram, and proceeded to hunt him down to get him fired • An article Andrei wrote after the murder of George Floyd about the statistics of police killings in America (which sealed his fate in the aforementioned witchhunt) • Sam Harris' June 2020 podcast episode, Can We Pull Back From the Brink?, deep-diving into the same stats • Another article Andrei wrote about the destructive impacts of identity politics and cancel culture on society • What it means to be a citizen, and how we don't want Canada to become like Russia, where people are persecuted for thought crimes • The complexity of the world, and how contradictory views can be simultaneously true • Systems-level changes and the goal of creating a healthy society • The difficulty of not getting emotionally hijacked • The Matrix/being born into economic servitude  • Working on changing yourself first/working to become the best version of ourselves ——————————————————————————————————— Other things mentioned/to check out:  • Negativity bias and the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 errors • Triggernometry with Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster • Evolutionary/behavioural psychologist and professor, Dr. Gad Saad • Pulitizer Prize-winning journalist and author, Chris Hedges, on the collapse of Western society • The Sandwich Method for providing feedback • The Munk Debates, and Dialogues series, and Podcast ——————————————————————————————————— UH's theme music was composed by Akira The Don. He's amazing...check out his MEANINGWAVE UNIVERSE! Lyrics and co-production by, yours truly, Max Draxby.

In this episode, I share a deep and wide-ranging conversation with my friend, and men's coach, Colin Cummings. Follow Colin on IG @iamcoachcolin! ——————————————————————————————————— Let's connect! For more from Unapologetically Human with Dan Boivin, follow us on Instagram: @unapologeticli @drcsboivin Please reach out with feedback/comments, questions, and to let me know what you'd like to hear or learn more about! And please give the podcast a review on Apple Podcasts as it helps others find the show! ——————————————————————————————————— Topics covered/touched upon in this episode:  • The importance of community • Navigating identity changes, being true to ourselves, and becoming secure in who you are • Cultivating a mindset of gratitude  • The policing of masculinity on men by other men • My experiences coming out as bisexual to my family and friends, and how this relates to common challenges people face outside of anything to do with sexuality, such as coming out of the "God closet" • The need to heal the divide between science and religion, the importance of having things that are sacred, and how we are now living in a post-secular world ——————————————————————————————————— Other things mentioned/to check out:  • Stoic philosophy (such as from best-selling author, Ryan Holiday) • The Munk Debates, and Dialogues series, and Podcast • Dr. Stephen Porges and Polyvagal Theory • Healing childhood trauma program, Road to Hope • Personal and professional growth programs from Landmark  • Mixed-orientation relationships • Intermittent fasting and the human microbiome • Eric Thomas, ET The Hip-Hop Preacher ——————————————————————————————————— UH's theme music was composed by Akira The Don. He's amazing...check out his MEANINGWAVE UNIVERSE! Lyrics and co-production by, yours truly, Max Draxby.

In this episode, I bring back Sofia Pacitti for Part 2 where we talk all about the rollercoaster that is relationships. Follow Sofia on IG @fiatheartist! Topics covered/touched upon:  • Monogamy vs different types of open relationships, namely, polyamory or ethical non-monogamy (ENM) • The importance of communication no matter what kind of relationship dynamics you're in, intimate or otherwise • Our cultural stories about relationships vs reality  • Giving yourself the time and space to figure yourself out, and how challenging it can be • Boundaries, self-sabotage, desires, relationship rituals, phases and stages, resentment, and more!  Other things mentioned/to check out:  • WellnessTogether.ca (free therapy for Ontario, Canada residents) and BetterHelp.com online therapy • Aubrey Marcus on Open Relationships • World-renowned relationship and sex therapist, Esther Perel • TED Radio Hour and StarTalk Radio podcasts on the history of human promiscuity (I can't seem to find the one I referenced, but please reach out to let me know if you find it! Haha) UH's theme music was composed by Akira The Don. He's amazing...check out his MEANINGWAVE YT channel! Lyrics and co-production by, yours truly, Max Draxby. For more from Unapologetically Human with Dan Boivin, follow us on Instagram: @unapologeticli @drcsboivin @maxdraxby

Today's episode is about the beauty of blossoming new friendships.  Topics covered/touched upon: • How mindblowing different languages are/communication in general. • Creativity, art and entrepreneurship, how we go through creative phases, and even creating ourselves is a creative process. • Monetizing our creative pursuits. • Making declarations and commitments, and how synchronicities show up in our lives. • How big a part of our life work is and how so many people have, as David Graeber put it, Bullshit Jobs. • How so many of us die spiritually, mentally, and emotionally, long before physically. • Everything being a chaotic gongshow mess. • Road to Hope, a program I took a few years ago about understanding and healing from childhood trauma. • "The Secret" of manifestation. • The scientific story/explanation of the universe/multiverse. • Learning to pay attention to how our interests choose us, and jumping on magical opportunities. • Ethical Non-Monogamy and Polyamory. • Integrating massive core identity changes. • Having conversations with ourselves and "council meetings" with our higher selves. • Taking risks in the face of resistance, internal barriers, and defense mechanisms, and using fear as the roadmap we should head toward rather than away from. • Figuring life out as we go, and going with the flow.   Other things mentioned/to check out: • My friend Tactile Mind's erotic braille art.   UH's theme music was composed by Akira The Don. He's amazing, check out his MEANINGWAVE YouTube channel here!   For more from Unapologetically Human with Dan Boivin, follow us on social media: instagram.com/unapologeticli instagram.com/drcsboivin

In this episode, I sit down with my friend Jordan and we talk about why I haven't made a new podcast episode for almost a year and a half, and a bit of what I have been up to...ie, the ongoing battle with resistance to creative pursuits, persevering through setbacks, and pivoting into new directions.  I tell Jordan about what I had intended this next episode to be about and why I never followed through with it, which includes a shattered belief about myself. Other topics touched on: • Cognitive biases and logical fallacies • Some of the most impactful moments of my life • Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris' work on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) • How it's hard not to connect with your people when you're in your purpose • How important it is to reach out and check on your people • Climbing the mountains that are our big dreams and goals • Progress over perfection • An Easter egg at the end of the episode Some other things mentioned to check out:  • Mindblowing National Geographic '101' series videos • human.biodigital.com • Munk Dialogue with world-renowned historian, Timothy Snyder, on authoritarianism and its 21st century dangers • Amazing books by Steven Pressfield: The War of Art, Turning Pro, and Do The Work Where you can find Jordan:  FB: Jordna Lindo IG: @unite.infinity YouTube: askinfinity Twitter: askinfinity_ As always, thanks so much for listening! Truly. 

In this episode, I share my thoughts on how this pandemic is political, and how it can be seen as a window into some of our greatest challenges as a species, both historically and going forward. I share a lot of uncomfortable truths I think many of us need to think about and hear, about how most of us are illiterate in the understanding and languages of science, technology, economics, politics, law, business and power that dominate our world, and how we need to take a good hard look at ourselves, individually and collectively, as to how we got here. I muse on just how laughably absurd so many things are, and how we need to do our best to get our information from reputable and reliable sources—rather than monolithic conspiracy theories—if we're to understand what's actually going on and do something to improve matters. And I end by sharing reasons for hope and optimism and what we can do, and what some of my favourite sources for information are, namely:  • Munk Debates and Dialogues (for important and meaningful conversations with experts, and currently focused on how coronavirus will affect our world going forward) • Future Crunch (for great news in science, tech, business, government, philanthropy, and some fun...including their coronavirus daily dozen good news stories) • Kurgesagt (one of my favourite things on the internet...amazing animated videos about science, technology, philosophy, and more) • Good Food Institute (for the future of food and food policy) • Citizen University (for understanding power dynamics and civic duty) • James Clear (for expertise in habits and behaviour) • TED Talks and NPR's Ted Radio Hour (for amazing ideas worth spreading and cutting-edge research in many fields) • Nafeez Ahmad's Insurge Intelligence (for deep-dive political investigations about the depth of the shit we find ourselves in and challenges that lie ahead) Other sources not mentioned:  • Masterclass, MentorBox, and MindValley (for great and relatively affordable online learning spaces) • Peter Diamandis and Abundance Insider (for a look into the rapidly evolving technology and advancements of the future, happening right now) • Dandapani (for wisdom and guidance about how our minds work, meditation, and how to use our minds to create the life we want to live) • Richard Davidson and the Center for Healthy Minds (for new research into the science of mental health and wellbeing) • Yuval Noah Harari (for an understanding of the history and future of the human species). Enjoy. Rate and Review. Share. Provide Feedback.

Coronavirus has flipped the world on its head. These are troubling times we find ourselves in, rife with fear and uncertainty, causing us to question what's really going on and who we can trust to inform us truthfully about what's happening in our world.  Times like these breed distrust and so, naturally, many people are questioning everything, and with that comes the proliferation of conspiracy theories being passed around.  Some just unproven theories, some proven facts, many being enough to shatter our worldview and fill us with paralyzingly difficult emotions. In this episode, I share some personal accounts of having gotten deep into conspiracy culture in my youth, and how I navigate this type of information now, both with an open mind and choosing how I respond to it so that it doesn't severely and negatively impact my physical and mental wellbeing as it has in the past. I acknowledge how deep many of the political and social issues we face truly are while challenging listeners to be objective about what the most effective use of our time is, despite how monolithic our problems may be. I also advise people to take caution if they intend to journey too deep down the proverbial rabbit hole, and that it's probably better to not waste your time there.

In this episode, I wonder about who the leaders are on this organic spaceship we are all on together, and dive into some of the things that are holding us back and at the heart of our individual and collective challenges. I reflect on the journey I've been on for these past few years, first picking myself up from the proverbial rock bottom I had landed myself in—learning many tools to overcome the mental health challenges and self-worth issues I was struggling with—to working toward sharing my story and experiences with others with the intention of helping them with where they're at, and, more recently, training myself to show up as a leader for myself and others in my life and in the world.  And I wonder when you will join me.

In this episode, I chat with my good friend, and neuroscientist, Sofia Raitsin. Topics Covered:  • That this was take #2 for us to record • The neurochemistry of depression • The overprescribing of psychiatric medications and their relative ineffectiveness compared to the Placebo Effect • How the environmental and behavioural issues that underly mental health issues like depression and anxiety are not addressed by taking medication, which amounts to putting a bandaid on to cover up the symptoms and also leads to other undesirable side effects • How our lifestyle choices are a major factor in our mental health and wellness • The difference between a predisposition and a predetermination when it comes to our potential genetic inheritance of mental health issues and how our choices determine how our genes are expressed • How non-pharmaceutical treatments, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and rigorously training ourselves to think differently is one of the most powerful tools we can use to cope with the things life throws at us • That exposure to our fears is what helps us to overcome them • That underneath all of our social fears and insecurities, and our fear of rejection, is ultimately the fear of death • If Lindt chocolate would like to sponsor the podcast because it helps with depression much faster than antidepressants • Learning to love fear and see it as a guiding light, showing us the roadmap to the treasures we seek • The effects on our mental health from having access to so much information about the problems in the world vs. using these larger issues as an excuse to not take responsibility for the more personal nature of our individual mental health challenges • Sofia challenges me to reconsider my thoughts on this as I share my story of how the 2008 global financial collapse changed the course of my life and that paying attention to world issues has affected my mental health and wellbeing • The need to take ownership over and responsibility for our lives in order to overcome learned helplessness, push ourselves out of our comfort zone, and face the hard work and discomfort necessary to improve mental health issues •Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, social belonging, and the social disconnection at the heart of issues like depression and addiction • The difference between having a fixed mindset and a growth mindset in our ability to fix, change, and transform our lives • Recognizing no one else is going to do the work for us. No one can. It's up to us You can find and follow Sofia and check out her beautiful artwork @philosofi_art on IG.

It's my mom's birthday today y'all! This is a birthday love letter dedicated to my mom, which I believe also has some messages we could all use from time to time.  If you see my mom, Vanda, interacting with anywhere this is posted, please feel free to give her some birthday love!

It is my pleasure to introduce my favourite person to communicate with, my love, my partner on this wild journey we call life, Justine Paige Kovacs.  In this episode, we talk a lot about experiencing and overcoming resistance, as Justine was feeling quite a bit herself about coming on the show when we had planned to.  We also discuss:  • Not having to be perfect and showing up vulnerably as you are. • Envisioning how you want each major area of your life to be and how you're going to show up in order to make that your reality. • The importance of being grounded in the present moment. • Flipping the "what if?" negative game to the "what if?" positive game. • Taking the opportunities life presents you with because you'll never get the same opportunity twice. • That life and the universe, relationships with others and more opportunities open up when we show up and take action, regardless of how we feel.  • How much of a magical mystery our existence is, and to not take it for granted. • Death as the grand motivator for our lives because, even if we do get to reincarnate, we will never be this version of ourselves again. • How everything we think, feel and do are things we learned and we have the power to transform all of it through practice so that we can enjoy our lives more. • The amazing power we have as human beings to choose in each and every moment. • The healing power of our breath.

In this episode, I dig deeper into the importance of getting clear on your vision for yourself and your life and surrounding yourself with people headed in similar directions as you are or want to be headed in.  I give you a window into some of my challenges with my mental health and addiction and the hard lessons learned about how much those around us tend to influence us in our lives, and that it's our responsibility to choose who those people are. And to close, I share a story about the humble goose that relates to this. 

In this episode, I (unsurprisingly) ask lots of questions. I share one of the most favourite things I've ever read, this —> comic strip about Questions and Answers that I find to be very philosophical and thought-provoking, and which prompted the idea for this episode. I also attempt to read the dialogue myself as both characters, a feat that I'm not sure I did very well, but I am sharing anyway. Asking questions, and seeking or creating the answers to those questions, is one of the most fundamental parts of what it means to be human. Let's explore just how much we don't know together! Clip: Caught at the Pub with Bliss N Eso

In this episode, I had the pleasure of conversing with my dear friend, Anoushka D'souza about a variety of topics, including:  • You guessed it, Being Multidimensional Beings • Why weed/hemp was made illegal • The difference between THC and CBD • Pronoia aka the opposite of paranoia • The effects of talking to plants • The value of saying no and knowing your limits • Energy dynamics • Changing cultural norms through conversations • Extremist politics stoking the fire under the cultural boiling point • Media Consolidation and the Illusion of Choice • Why the mainstream media sucks so bad • What's at the heart of the mental health epidemic • Why anger is an important emotion and it's important to be able to express anger in healthy ways You can find Anoushka at: https://www.facebook.com/Conxcious.Prod https://www.instagram.com/nunusvybz

Oh, where to start? So many things with these crazy minds of ours.  In this episode, I riff on the many things at the heart of the resistance we experience when we want to change or improve something about ourselves or the circumstances of our lives, and the mental blocks and challenges that keep us from creating the things we so desperately feel we want to, yet, consistently don't take action on.  Mentioned in this episode:  • The Biology of Belief by Dr. Bruce Lipton • High-performance success coach, Marissa Peer Things to check out:  • Tim Urban's TED Talk, Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator, and his most popular, 3-post blog series on the topic • Host of The New Man Podcast, Tripp Lanier's, summary of Steven Pressfield's book The War of Art, on How to Crush Resistance, Procrastination, and Excuses  • Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris' TED Talk, How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime Clip used from one of my favourite songs, Burgs ft. Harrison Lake by Mt. Wolf.

In this episode, I share an edited version of a comprehensive explanation of Unapologetically Human that I wrote and released as a "soft launch" of the podcast on my birthday back in October of 2018.  I had great intentions for what I wanted to create, but I had a lot going on in my life and in my mind. Like many things in my life, I wasn't fully committed so my execution fell through and I let the dream of the podcast remain just a dream.  This is that dream, coming to life.

On Unapologetically Human with Dan Boivin, we seek to find answers to some of life's most profound and deeply complex questions.  On this episode, I give an overview of: • Who I am • The topics the show is about • My vision for the show • Who the show is for, and who it's not for • What I intend to create for/provide to you as a listener