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Chris Grosso is the executive producer/director of the tv series F@#k That's Delicious, King Of The Road, Munchies, Tattoo Age, Epicly Later'd, The Untitled Action Bronson Show, Bong Apetit, and a decades worth of other titles and memorable content for Vice and Viceland in it's heyday. Chris shares how following his passion and not being afraid to take big swings led him to sustaining a prolific career as a storyteller and show runner. LOVE IS THE AUTHOR PODCAST: hosted, edited and produced by Jaymee Carpenter.  LITA WEB: www.loveistheauthor.com SPONSORS: RAUM GOODS (www.raumgoods.com) INDIAN LODGE ROAD (www.indianlodgeroad.com) GUAYAKI YERBA MATÉ (www.guayaki.com) $UPPORT THE SHOW: www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcast IG:  @loveistheauthor

This week we chat with Chris Grosso about the book Necessary Death: What Horror Movies Teach Us About Navigating the Human Experience, which he cowrote with former guest Preston Fassel. And the we talk about why Student Bodies didn't scar him for life...Follow Mary Beth, Terry and the Podcast on Twitter. We also have a Letterboxd HQ account, so follow us there, too! We're also on Bluesky with the same usernames. Support us on Patreon!If you want to support our podcast, please please take a moment to go rate us on Spotify and give us a rating and review on iTunes. It really helps us out with the algorithms. We also have a YouTube channel! Ask us for our Discord server!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageMy guest today is Chiss Grosso and you may know him from his books on non-nonsense spirituality. Chris is openly sharing his story which is intense, raw and emotional. If you have high sensitivity to issues of substance abuse, addiction or suicide, listen with caution. In the conversation, we dive deep into the human condition and how it relates to awakening. Chris openly shares his difficulties and challenges and what helped him heal, stabilise and be of service to others in similar conditions. Chris Grosso is a public speaker, writer, musician, and author of several books which you can find on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/stores/Chris-Grosso/author/B00EN34HDQ?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true*Indie Spiritualist: A No Bullshit Exploration of Spirituality *Everything Mind: What I've Learned About Hard Knocks, Spiritual Awakening and the Mind-Blowing Truth of it All *Dead Set On Living: Making the Difficult but Beautiful Journey from F#*cking Up to Waking Up*Necessary Death: What Horror Movies Teach Us About Navigating the Human ExperienceHe writes for Revolver Magazine, FANGORIA, and Huffington Post and has spoken and performed at Wanderlust Festival, Celebrate Your Life, Yoga Journal Conference, Sedona World Wisdom Days, Kripalu, Sun Valley Wellness Festival, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, and more.Chris is passionate about his work with people who are in the process of healing or struggling with addictions of all kinds as well as working with hospice, Alzheimer's, and dementia residents. He speaks and leads groups in detoxes, yoga studios, rehabs, youth centers, hospitals, conferences, and festivals worldwide. He is a member of the Evolutionary Leaders.You can listen to the Indie Spiritualist podcast where Chris offers raw and real experiences and insights from an eclectic mix of artists, musicians, yogis, skateboarders, actors, spiritual teachers and more.https://www.instagram.com/xchrisgrossox/https://www.facebook.com/XchrisGrossoX/https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisGrossopodcasthttps://beherenownetwork.com/category/chris-grosso/You can find our previous talk from 2015 on this link.https://youtu.be/azqefk3n7JU?si=fJU-JvXAyTUGeiUkIf you need assistance with your own inquiry come to Liberation Unleashed where you can register for a free account and get a volunteer guide completely free of charge. Or if you need my support, send me an email through my website which is http://www.IlonaCiunaite.com I'll be happy to help. Liberation UnleashedHttp://www.liberationunleashed.comIlona's Facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/markedeternalLiberation Unleashed book is available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Liberation-Unleashed-Breaking-Illusion-Separate/dp/B0BGNKWHQ6#awakeningnow #ilonaciunaite #humancondition #chrisgrossoInfo about free monthly meetings on Zoom http://ilonaciunaite.com/events/Podcast https://awakeningnow.buzzsprout.comMusic by Valdi Sabev, Visit his channel for more calm and relaxed music https://www.youtube.com/c/ValdiSabev/featuredWebsiteshttp://ilonaciunaite.comhttp://liberationunleashed.com

Chris Grosso is an independent culturist, freelance writer, spiritual aspirant, recovering addict, and musician. He serves as spiritual director of the interfaith center The Sanctuary at Shepardfields, writes for the Huffington Post, Rebelle Society, and Intent blog, and is a correspondent for the Where Is My Guru radio show. He created the popular hub for all things alternative, independent, and spiritual with TheIndieSpiritualist.com and continues the exploration with his debut book titled Indie Spiritualist (Beyond Words/Atria Books, February 2014). A self-taught musician, Chris has been writing, recording, and touring since the mid-1990s.    

The opening seconds sound a little scratchy and distorted, probably because I was talking more loudly than I needed to, but the majority of the audio from Monday night's Cocktails and Controversy event sounds pretty good. I have uploaded the file to my podcast platform, so that folks who couldn't make it to the Digital Signage Federation event at Sony's NYC offices can have a listen. Consider this a bonus podcast, and I have not added an intro or exit ... so it's a bit raw, but just fine for listening. The topic was AI in digital signage, and you will hear from me, but much more usefully from Chris Grosso, CEO of Intersection, Jeffrey Weitzman of Navori and Jim Nista, who has a boutique creative agency out in LA. We covered a lot of ground and tried to zero in, very much, on what AI means to digital signage and how it is already being applied. Thanks to the folks at Sony for getting me the file!  

Chris Grosso, CEO at Intersection, joined Digital Signage Today editor Daniel Brown via video link from New York City to share insights into the trends in out-of-home advertising nationwide, including digital OOH, programmatic and AI-powered trends, and strategies for success from stadiums and transit for brands of all sizes.

The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT The out of home media company Intersection is probably best known as the operator of that network of smart cities display totems - called LinkNYC - on the sidewalks of Manhattan and New York City's boroughs. But the company has a much bigger footprint around the United States - mainly mass transport systems, but also the flashy Hudson Yards mixed-use development in New York, and United Airlines. I had a good chat with Chris Grosso, who took over as CEO a couple of years ago, but had already been with the company for a few years, having come over from the broadcast and digital world. We got into several things - like the state of the DOOH industry and the evolving needs and demands of the municipal governments who become business partners for Intersection. Smart cities needs, for example, are shifting. We also get into Intersection's recently announced addition of AI-driven ad and content targeting, with the idea of making what's on screens not just relevant to the city, but all the way down to neighbourhoods and streets. Subscribe from wherever you pick up new podcasts. TRANSCRIPT Chris, thank you for joining me. Can you give me a rundown on what Intersection Is all about?  Chris Grosso: Sure, and thanks so much for having me. Very excited to be here, Dave and I very much enjoy reading your publication and the newsletter, and the email all the time. I'm Chris Grosso, the CEO of Intersection. We are a leading out-of-home advertising company in the USA focused on major US cities. We really are differentiated from the other out-of-home companies in three ways. One is typically we put in consumer amenities in center cities, most notably things like the LinkNYC program in New York, so Wifi kiosks across the city of New York. We do customer information and advertising systems for places like Chicago Transit Authority and SEPTA Transit Authority in Philadelphia. And we do bus shelters in many US cities as well. So very much driven by bringing consumer amenities and partnerships with cities and transit authorities. The second biggest differentiator for us, which is most relevant to this conversation, is our focus on content and programming. We like to put useful content on our digital screens, and we wanna put entertaining content on our digital screens, and that could be anything from what time your train is coming to what the weather might be to art or fun facts. We want to program these screens just as you program any other screen in order to make them entertaining and engaging for consumers. And the last piece of our business we pride ourselves on is selling data-driven advertising. We like to be very focused on the data that helps our advertisers understand who they're reaching when they advertise with us, as well as what happens after the release.  So the idea of consumer amenity that I gather that the smart city-ish kiosk that you're putting on the street and other things like that, that's a more modern version of the amenities, to use your term, that outdoor companies have been doing for a whole bunch of time with bus shelters, right?  Chris Grosso: For sure, and we're also in the bus shelter business as well. We do some stuff with Bikeshare, and I think it's a long tradition in out-of-home advertising to bring the amenity to allow us to get access to the public right of way to put the advertising in, and this is very valuable for a city transit authority because they're getting something that they don't have to put up the cash for. So it's a real value-creating event both for the communities as well as the advertisers.  Is it the price of entry now for particularly larger urban geographies like New York and so on, where if you want to play, you're going to have to provide infrastructure as well? Can't you just put in display totems? Chris Grosso: I think it really depends on the municipality and the deal structure. In some cases, companies have to put up the capital and bring the amenity and bring the service into the community, and that can both be the infrastructure, but increasingly also the software and the services that you can bring. But there are also some cases where, you know, particularly with the Infrastructure Financing Act, that the city or municipality might want to put up the capital for the infrastructure themselves, in which case we'll partner with them to create the revenue stream as well as overlay the data and the software to really get the most out of the infrastructure. In all cases, I think that it's important is being able to have these digital screens up, having software to put the right content in the right app at the right time a big is an important part of the equation and a big differentiator for us.  Does that happen much where you have municipalities that are making a capital investment? Chris Grosso: It depends on the deal, but yes, and there's a couple of different ways you do that sometimes the municipality puts up some of the capital themselves. In other cases, in many of these deals, we recoup the capital through the revenues. So we might if we put up the money and then recoup it out of the payments to the city. So there are many different ways you can do a deal.  Chris Grosso: There are many different ways you can do a deal. There are a handful of companies, of which we are really good at this and have built a strong team that knows how to work with cities, work with transport authorities, and create value, both for us and also for the cities. I think one big differentiator for Intersection is we are a mission-driven company, and we are very focused on making cities better through our products.  You came out of Broadcast & Online, which is very much a digital entity, and now you're running a company that has to do a lot of infrastructure and has to do these sorts of capital-intensive deals. Was that a big adjustment?  Chris Grosso: It's a different business. There are a lot of similarities between being in the digital media space and the Intersection space. But certainly, in the last few years, I've learned a lot more than I ever thought I would about trenching and conduit and coin fiber and a lot of construction. I like to say I was in consulting, and then I was in media and software. So this is the first job I actually had, physical things to deal with, and it's an interesting and exciting part of the job, and it's a real differentiator for us at Intersection. Because we have people who are very good at digital media, but we also have people who are very good at working with cities. And we've got an extraordinary team of folks who really understand how to deploy and operate these things in physical space, and that goes for even the guys who are out, cleaning and posting. We've got a really great team of professionals and field operations who really understand work in physical space, and part of what makes our business both fun also gives us a leg up is we're good at these different disciplines.  You also, I assume, had to learn a lot about politics and about city bylaws.  Chris Grosso: We've got people who very much understand that world for sure.  Which is a bit of a labyrinth. Chris Grosso: One could say that. You have to deal with them, so you're being careful. I can understand that.  Chris Grosso: I think the level of talent in these city governments is really impressive and we benefited at Intersection when we started, we were put together by a historic business Titan, which was an out-of-home advertising company, and then Control Group, which was a digital innovation company, we put together to create Intersection in 2016, right before I started. But we had the benefit of Dan Doctoroff being our chairman, who helped put the deal together and was an alumnus of the Bloomberg administration. We've benefited from some folks who come out of that world, who really understand that and did a great job in government and then can help us understand how to do stuff with the government in a way that creates value for the population and citizens, and people who live in the cities for sure, but also, creates economic value for our business. When the whole Smart Cities thing bubbled up with LinkNYC and other initiatives like that, there was a lot of noise around it. This seemed to be the way that digital at home was going, that anything that was going into big municipalities was going to have to be a smart city initiative in some way. Has that really played out?  Because I don't hear as much and/or read as much noise about all that now, and I know that we can maybe get into this a little bit of the LinkNYC has had its revenue struggles through the years. I don't know where we're at with that now, but it doesn't seem like smart cities have the same kind of energy around them that maybe they did in the mid-2010s. Chris Grosso: I think the definition of what a smart city is has evolved, and I think the parts of the smart city that are important people might not have thought of as smart cities but are huge trends in the changing nature of cities. You really saw that during the pandemic.  So what I mean by that is if you look at the evolution of mobility in a city, which wasn't the classic under the rubric of Smart Cities. Still, you think about how people get around cities now versus how they did 10 years ago with Bikeshare with Rideshare, with changes to how the transit authorities function, all of that is a much smarter way to run a city than several years ago and requires data and requires real-time information. So I think a lot of the ethos around the smart cities just got absorbed in how cities are operating, and particularly a lot of that got accelerated during the pandemic. One of the biggest areas of smart cities is what do you do with parking? And that's outside of our world, but if you think about the pandemic that happened. It really made people reimagine what you do with street-level parking in cities because all cities, particularly New York and others in the United States, suddenly put restaurants on the restaurants due to the need for giving these restaurants the ability to run their business without indoor dining, and that reimagined the whole way people do parking. Is that a classic smart city type of initiative? I don't know, but it totally reimagined how the street works, and I think if you walked down the street on the Upper West Side today versus what you saw in 2019, it's a completely different experience with the bike share and the outdoor dining and other things of that nature.  So, are there still demands among municipalities to have these smart city kiosks/totems that are multipurpose devices that they're advertising totems? Obviously, there's an interactive thing, maybe there's WiFi built-in and sensors and so on. Is that still being deployed and asked for?  Chris Grosso: I think the form factors are changing, and I think the needs are changing in the cities, and I think that there are a lot of fundamentals that cities need. So it may not be a totem, but cities need bus shelters, and now it's not just a bus shelter, it's a mobility hub. Cities need advanced wayfinding to manage this multimodal transportation system that's coming out of the pandemic. Cities have always needed it, and I think we all underestimate going to smart cities. Still, we realize now that cities need the ability to broadcast content, localized content at street level. Whether it be what time my train is coming, emergency messaging, or just education around when the community board meeting is, that has a ton of value. So I think the original premise of Smart Cities is let's take an iPhone and put it at street level. I don't think that's turned into the right answer, but I do think there are applications and amenities in the right of way that are required that cities want and are ready to ask and get deployed. And I do think you'll continue to see these kinds of initiatives. It just may not be in the form factor of totems. It may be a bus shelter because, you know what, you can put WiFi in a small shell in a bus shelter, and by the way, the bus shelter provides shade, and that's really important in certain municipalities, shelter from the rain, and that's important. So I think smart cities have evolved into what are the real needs of the people who live in the cities where before it was, “Hey, we've got a cool thing. Let us give you this.” and even if you look at the Link, the core propositions of Link like free WiFi and phone calling for sure are hugely used and hugely important. But what we also recognize is Link as a megaphone to broadcast real-time information to the city of New York is also hugely valuable and something that the community has been able to leverage effectively. Most recently, we played a big role in the we love New York campaign where, you know, if you put content on Link, we can reach, I think, 90%+ of New Yorkers a hundred times a month. That'S a massive megaphone that can be valuable to advertisers, but it also can be valuable To the city. If there are schools that get shut down for a snowstorm, flip the switch and tell everyone the schools are shut down due to the snowstorm, that's a big value for a city. Is that a classic 2015 Smart Cities thing? I don't know, but it's a huge value. If you are a parent, figuring out whether your kid's going to go to school or not the next day.  So where is Link at in terms of rollout and viability?  There've been a number of stories through the years about revenue challenges and pace of rollout, and so on, but I haven't really seen anything for a year or more. So I'm curious where it's at, and as you said, it has its value, and people like it and everything else, but is it still the way forward? Would you continue to deploy this?  Chris Grosso: Yes, so during the pandemic, working with our partners ZenFi, we actually have a new form factor for a next-generation Link, which we call Link 5G, which has many of the original features of Link, like the free WiFi and the tablet to make phone calls, but it's taller, and it allows for multi-tenant small cells, to support New York City's 5G rollout. We are in the process of working through deploying those now with our partners ZenFi, who run Fiber and telecommunications. So this would, this is a nice little partnership for you because they'd be able to share the infrastructure cost, I assume.  Chris Grosso: Exactly, and also they have the expertise in telecommunications. We are in the media content advertising space. We really understand media content and advertising software. But we're not telecom companies. ZenFi is a world-class telecom company. They understand fiber, they understand dealing with carriers and that kind of thing. So it is a good partnership. They've been great partners for us.  Your company recently announced, and you've been talking about localized content, that you're doing localization of content using AI. It strikes me as, great, this is something that absolutely should be done but it was also very reminiscent of stuff that was done, as much as 20 years ago when they would call it hyper-local.  But hyper-local was very difficult to achieve and very difficult to plan at that time, and it seemed more like an aspiration than something that was possible to do it in a way without a whole bunch of work. I assume that's changed hugely because of databases, APIs, and also AI.  Chris Grosso: Yeah, so we've always done localization, and given our screens are often deep in neighborhoods, it's a very effective way of doing stuff. We've always done it, though, with structured databases, right? Weather: give me the weather in a zip code, right? Transit: give me what's going on at the closest train station when the trains are coming. Top 10 lists of the best songs in this neighborhood, but it's all very much tied around structured data, and rules engine and APIs, and we're very good at that.  We have a whole suite of dynamic advertising products. We've got a great product, for instance, that you're a retailer, you put the ad up for the retail and then a map at the bottom to tell you how to get to the closest retail location and that's highly localized, but it's all based on structured data—the big difference now what AI is that it allows you to do things with much more unstructured depth and much more visual creativity, which we're very excited about testing and rolling out. So, for instance, if you have an ad for an alcohol brand, how do you put that alcohol brand in context for a neighborhood? Maybe you show what's the relevant drink for this block, and the AI can figure out that this is the block that Edgar Allen Po lived on, so it'll be Edgar Allen Po's drink. Trying to do that manually would be impossible. But you can do that using these AI engines and then on the visual side as well, which is very exciting. Maybe there's a mascot or character of a brand, and let's actually put that brand in context in the neighborhood and dressed up as someone from the neighborhood. You can do that kind of thing with these AI engines that if you were rying to do this yourself, you may not figure out the creative idea, and could never have the army of people who take to build all that creative. So that's why we're very excited about using these tools to do localization for unstructured data, and yeah, more creative types of ideas than the classic, “Hey, here's the top 10 songs being played in this neighborhood.” It expands a lot of possibilities. But how do you do the gatekeeping on it? Because, as many people have described, AI can sometimes have these “hallucinations” and come up with a strange list that maybe isn't the top 10 songs in that neighborhood. Chris Grosso: Yeah, for sure. One way you do it is to control the prompts and make sure you're being smart about how you're doing the prompting. The second is: We still would envision having a layer of humans looking at all the creative before it goes on the screen to catch stuff that just doesn't make sense. Over time that problem might go away, but you still want some level of quality control, but it's very different to have creative designers take a look at a hundred pictures over the course of an hour and just check everything to make sure it looks good as opposed to trying to create all those mocks literally. It's a huge difference, and so I think, at least to start, we're going to have some level of human quality control in this for sure. But I still think the ability to use these tools to be able to do things you never could do before because you just didn't have the army pf people and it would not be cost-effective to work is really what we're moving towards. In the old days, my understanding of digital out-of-home was a media planner would develop the plan, and the media company would execute it based on the insertion orders for that plan. When you're getting into hyper-local AI-driven targeting and original content by the street, who's doing that plan? Chris Grosso: I think it's often in partnership with the advertiser or the agency, right? There may be cases where the agency has a really good idea of what they want to do. There may be cases where the agency says, help us think this through, and we've always provided creative services to our clients whenever they needed it. So this is not far afield from what we do already.  When I mentioned some of these dynamic advertising, oftentimes, we build them on behalf of advertisers and our agencies as part of our partnership. So we envision it in the same way.  David:] I gather that programmatic is on the rise. The usage level is up. The last number I saw was like 15% of digital out-of-home ads are now booked out of programmatic platforms. Is there a bridge between programmatic and this AI-driven hyper-local stuff, or do they have to operate independently because it's just how it works? Chris Grosso: I think to start, you have to build out these campaigns, and these campaigns will be more high-touch than your classic programmatic campaigns. So I think to start, these really have to be directlt sold because a lot of this is around the creative idea and creative concept, and there needs to be back and forth with clients to really get this right. As opposed to programmatic, which is really about scale and tonnage and efficiency, and we spend a lot of time on programmatic as well, for sure. We launched a Place Exchange, which is an out-of-home ,SSP and we actually spun that business out because they did a lot of work with us, but they were doing work with all the other publishers, too, so it made sense to be an independent company. We have very deep integrations with Place Exchange and several other SSPs. So we're very focused on programmatic and do view it as a growth driver. But I do think the creative side has to be much more, and I really think long term the way the business goes - I used to work for Tim Armstrong at AOL who used to call it the concept of the barbell - and I think you're going to see continued growth of programmatic, and then the direct sales really going to be about driving solutions for advertisers that are highly strategic and deep partnerships with advertisers. It could be something like the AI program, or it could be like other things we do, for instance, where we have advertisers sponsor train stations or whole train lines for multi-year deals where we work together to rename a station or a train line. In New York City, the Bet MGM renamed the line that goes out to the Meadowlands, and we do this in other places as well. So I do think you're going to see the direct sale be much more solution-driven and working very tightly with the advertisers and the agencies to build these really cool things, whether it be AI or long-term sponsorships or big programs and then on, on the flip side, you'll see the programmatic businesses continue to scale as well.  Has the characteristics of venues and the type of venue partners evolved over the years, like the old Titan was about transit and street furniture, but you have other companies that are very active in airports and other mass transport hubs.  Is that evolving for you as well, or are you very much about kind of street-level advertising?  Chris Grosso: We're about cities and the the key thing is street level advertising in cities is really really important for us, and a big area of focus transit remains a big area of focus as well. And then we've done a little bit in airports and airlines. We've also done work with some of the next-generation multi-use developments like Hudson Yards, where we put in the wayfinding directory system and the advertising system, and that's a great business for us. But our criteria for whether or not we want to partner with someone really comes down to being able to do something value creating in big cities, top 25 cities in the US. That's what we're good at. That's how we're differentiated and sure, the types of partners that we work with will continue to evolve just as the audiences are evolving.  If you think about the transit business, the transit business includes street furniture. It includes signage outside train stations, it includes buses, and it includes the train stations themselves. I think during the pandemic, what we found is the vast majority of our revenue, and where all the growth was is on the outside of the train station, the outside of the bus stations, everything that's at street level. And that offset the fact that the train stations themselves have fewer people, but there are still tons of people outside the train stations, and that's where we put a lot of our emphasis on the ad side.  Has the business recovered from the Covid era?  Chris Grosso: Yes. It looks different given our revenue mix, but we're largely back to pre Covid revenue levels. The bus exterior business and the street furniture business are well above. The train station part of the business is still somewhat below because the ridership is just not there. Then we're continuing to look at new types of inventory, whether it be multiuse destinations, as I said, like Hudson Yards, airlines and new forms of street furniture. For instance, we've got a great ad campaign on the bike share in some cities.  Do you have to look at municipal opportunities differently now? Because of the way Covid changed things and the urban downtown areas not being as heavily populated with office workers as they were in the past. It's different in New York or something, but let's say in Cincinnati or Minneapolis, or something where not as many people are coming into the urban area. Chris Grosso: Yeah, we do the exact same methodology when we assess the deals that we look at, which always starts with where the audience is, and we've got folks who are really good at looking at GIS and traffic patterns and people patterns to understand the scale of the audience on all the different assets we might either deploy or take over the ad sales for. That mechanism, we do exactly the same mechanism that we did in 2018-2019, we do today. What comes out of those models is a little bit different, for sure. But what's great about a lot of our business is we typically cover the entire city, not just the central business district. And a good example of this would be in New York, the LinkNYC. If you look at the impressions, both ad impressions generated by the LinkNYC network before and after the pandemic on a network level, they're pretty close. However, the Links in Midtown Manhattan, where people are going to work three days a week are lower, however the Links on, say, the Upper West Side or in Brooklyn are actually higher because of things like outdoor dining and people working from home. So the people are all there. They just moved around different places, and so the methodology we use, which is understanding where the audience is, works fine, we look at everything the same way. But what comes out of those models is different based on how cities evolve.  I talk a lot to people in Europe, and they have asked me where are things at in terms of what they call Green Signage and are there North American digital signage and digital out-of-home network operators that are concerned and doing something about energy costs. Is it something that comes up with you, or is it something you're trying to address?  Chris Grosso: We are definitely looking at sustainability to the extent it's part of our assessment for screens on how much power they use, and then we are also looking at how to make these networks more sustainable. Ways you do that. So, for instance, one is, we do static bus shelters, but they still need a backlight, and we will use solar panels on those shelters, which has the benefit of both being greener friendly, but also just cheaper because you don't have to pull power to the shelters. Regarding digital signs like LinkNYC, we've looked for opportunities to source electricity from green sources and that's been something we've done successfully.  But then also we look at our footprint on how we take care of our infrastructure. So we've started to test, for instance, electric vehicles in one of our markets. All the trucks that we use are electric right now. Running that as a pilot it's gone very well. The guys love the EV trucks to the point where we had a couple of EVs and a couple of gas guys just fighting over who got to use the EVs. So instead of being a half-EV, half-gas pilot, we put everything on EVs in that market because everyone's fighting over to drive the EVs.  Are you being banged on at all by municipal authorities or by public interest groups saying, you need to do something to reduce energy waste. These displays on the sidewalk are not mission-critical.  Just like Europe, where they were saying you need to turn these off for certain periods of time, they don't need to be running 24/7 anymore. Is that something you have to worry about, or are you hearing about? Chris Grosso: I think municipalities want you to be sustainable, but I think we would argue our signs are mission-critical and should be up 24/7. But no, no one's asked us to do anything otherwise, but if you think about the importance of real-time information, if you're looking at when my bus is coming, or the weather and the sign's not on, that's a problem. We like to think, and we would insist all of our signs are actually pretty mission-critical. Now that being said, there are things you can do around how much power you use and dim the signs at night, and that kind of thing to reduce the energy load and optimize that, and everyone consents to do that. And then again, to the extent we can source power from green sources, we do that as well.  Last question. What can we expect to see out of Intersection in the next year? You made that announcement recently about generative AI. What's next?  Chris Grosso: So I think we're very focused on product innovation around serving, meeting our customers on the needs that they want. So I think you will continue to see more innovation around ad formats. You're also going to start to continue to see more innovation around measurement and attribution and our ability to help people, help advertisers understand who's seeing their ads and what they do after their ads and that's a huge focus for us and a big area of investment. I think you'll hear a lot about it, and then, we're always looking at new partnerships and new deployments, and we've got some stuff cooking right now that we're hoping to be able to talk about towards the back half of the year as part of our continued expansion. All right. Chris, thank you very much for spending some time with me.  Chris Grosso: Thank you, David. I appreciate it.

In this episode, host Tim Rowe interviews Chris Grosso, CEO of Intersection Media, about various topics related to the out-of-home (OOH) advertising industry. They discuss Grosso's background, the importance of transit advertising in rebooting cities, the role of public-private partnerships, and the potential of street furniture as a retail media network.Segment 1: Chris Grosso's Origin StoryGrosso discusses his background and entry into the OOH industryTalks about his passion for bringing technology to the industrySegment 2: Transit Advertising and Post-Covid RecoveryGrosso highlights the importance of transit advertising in revitalizing citiesDiscusses the need for cities to be livable and multi-used to thrive post-CovidTalks about the role of public-private partnerships in providing amenities such as bus shelters, street furniture, and the LinkNYC program in New YorkSegment 3: Collaboration and Data in the OOH IndustryGrosso emphasizes the importance of data and collaboration in the OOH industryDiscusses the significance of agencies and specialist agencies as critical partnersTalks about the industry's need to work together to gain the budgets it deserves and make it easier for non-OOH buyers to purchase OOH mediaSegment 4: Leveraging Street Furniture as a Retail Media NetworkGrosso discusses the potential of leveraging street furniture as a retail media network to drive foot trafficTalks about Intersection Media's 400 signs within 250 feet of drug stores and 200 signs within 250 feet of a TargetDiscusses the need to connect the right buyers and sellers with the right data to unlock value for marketers, retailers, and the industrySegment 5: Interactivity and Measurement in OOH AdvertisingGrosso talks about how the digitization of signs is not necessary for interactivity and measurement benefitsHighlights the value of OOH media as a mass-reach medium, particularly in major citiesShares an example of how they used the LinkNYC program for the launch of a movie to show nearby theaters, available tickets, and show timesConclusion: Chris Grosso and Tim Rowe wrap up the discussion by summarizing the main points of the interview and emphasizing the importance of collaboration, data, and innovation in the OOH advertising industry.Quotable Moments from Chris"Whatever one can do on a mobile phone, they can do on a digital sign.""The industry needs to work together to gain the budgets it deserves and make it easier for non-OOH buyers to purchase OOH media.""Transit advertising is critical in revitalizing cities.""The potential of leveraging street furniture as a retail media network to drive foot traffic is huge.""Data and collaboration are crucial for success in the OOH industry."Looking for your next job in OOH? Start here: www.oohired.com

In this very vulnerable conversation, Jeff and author Chris Grosso advocate for a spirituality that is indistinguishable from our humanness, one that never imagines itself fully realized or enlightened. Chris talks about his addiction history, and shares some of the learnings and practices that helped him through. Two ‘not spiritual teachers' rejecting soulebrity and Godjectification, on a quest for that which is grounded and true. Links and Resources:Jeff Brown's books and download courses: https://jeffbrown.co/courses/Jeff Brown's book ‘Grounded Spirituality': https://www.amazon.com/Grounded-Spirituality-Jeff-Brown/dp/1988648033/Chris Grosso's book ‘Indie Spiritualist': https://www.amazon.com/Indie-Spiritualist-Bullshit-Exploration-Spirituality/dp/1582704627/Chris's book ‘Everything Mind': https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Mind-Spiritual-Awakening-Mind-Blowing/dp/1622035291/Accelerated Resolution Therapy: https://acceleratedresolutiontherapy.com/Henry Rollins: https://www.henryrollins.com/EMDR Institute: https://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr/Trevor Hall's website: https://www.trevorhallmusic.com/Trevor Hall's song ‘Arrows': https://open.spotify.com/track/3PQIdQjXZQlRT2hoURf9Zs

This week, Sah welcomes Chris Grosso, who is not a spiritual teacher. He's incredibly flawed and fucks up in countless ways on a daily basis. That said, Chris is extremely passionate about sharing the teachings and techniques that have quite literally saved his life (and made him slightly less of a fuck-up) in the hope they help others too.He's written three books including, Indie Spiritualist, Everything Mind, and Dead Set On Living, writes for Revolver Magazine and Fangoria, is a youth mental health group facilitator with Newport Academy and has spoken at a bunch of fancy-schmancy festivals and conferences (as well as plenty of not so fancy-schmancy ones as well). Chris hosts the Indie Spiritualist Podcast on Ram Dass's Be Here Now Network. www.theindiespiritualist.com for more info.In this episode, Sah and Chris discuss...reflections on addiction and how hurt people hurt peoplehow leading by example helps us heal ourselvesskillful ways to commune with God and find a natural highmystical synchronicities and the lessons they hold for usopening ourselves to loving awareness in the most unlikely placesthe energetic bonds we can nonverbally create with othershow to use our rock bottoms to help other peoplehow we are all in recovery from somethingthe role of forgiveness in recoveryand more....✨✨✨Join Sah for a transformative SAH Method (Somatic Activated Healing) retreat in 2022!Spiritual Dance: An Immersive 8-Day SAH Method Retreat in Mykonos, Greece, October 8-15: https://travelgems.com/tour-item/spiritual-dance-an-immersive-sah-method-retreat/✨✨✨Get more Sah in your life:

This week on Great Minds we're pleased to feature Intersection CEO Chris Grosso. Chris charts his career path from his early days, through his time at AOL and Hearst, to heading up one of the leading out of home technology companies in the world at Intersection. Chapters: 00:40 - 05:03 - Intersection CEO on his early career as an analyst 05:04 - 08:23 - Outdoor Media on the state of the media industry 08:23 - 14:31 - How did he manage the digital innovation group at NBC? 14:31 - 16:29 - The importance of distribution 16:30 - 18:10 - Are we giving too many companies too much power? 18:10 - 20:02 - Building the VOD business at Hearst Media 20:02 - 22:06 - The philosophical underpinnings of Intersection 22:06 - 24:30 - The focus on content programming and data driven advertising 24:31 - 31:14 - The growth trajectory of the company and where it is today Recorded content structured by Snackable.AI

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Chris Grosso is a youth mental health group facilitator with Newport Academy, public speaker, writer, and author of Indie Spiritualist (Beyond Words/Simon & Schuster, 2014), Everything Mind (Sounds True, 2105) and Dead Set On Living (Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books, 2018). He writes for Revolver Magazine, ORIGIN Magazine, and Huffington Post, and has spoken and performed at Wanderlust Festival, Celebrate Your Life, Yoga Journal Conference, Sedona World Wisdom Days, Kripalu, Sun Valley Wellness Festival, and more. Chris is passionate about his work with people who are in the process of healing or struggling with addictions of all kinds. He speaks and leads groups in detoxes, yoga studios, rehabs, youth centers, hospitals, conferences, and festivals worldwide. He is a member of the advisory board for Drugs over Dinner, hosts The Indie Spiritualist Podcast on Ram Dass's esteemed Be Here Now Network and is a member of The Evolutionary Leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Chris Grosso is a youth mental health group facilitator with Newport Academy, public speaker, writer, and author of Indie Spiritualist (Beyond Words/Simon & Schuster, 2014), Everything Mind (Sounds True, 2105) and Dead Set On Living (Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books, 2018). He writes for Revolver Magazine, ORIGIN Magazine, and Huffington Post, and has spoken and performed at Wanderlust Festival, Celebrate Your Life, Yoga Journal Conference, Sedona World Wisdom Days, Kripalu, Sun Valley Wellness Festival, and more. Chris is passionate about his work with people who are in the process of healing or struggling with addictions of all kinds. He speaks and leads groups in detoxes, yoga studios, rehabs, youth centers, hospitals, conferences, and festivals worldwide. He is a member of the advisory board for Drugs over Dinner, hosts The Indie Spiritualist Podcast on Ram Dass's esteemed Be Here Now Network and is a member of The Evolutionary Leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/drugs-addiction-and-recovery

Chris Grosso is a youth mental health group facilitator with Newport Academy, public speaker, writer, and author of Indie Spiritualist (Beyond Words/Simon & Schuster, 2014), Everything Mind (Sounds True, 2105) and Dead Set On Living (Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books, 2018). He writes for Revolver Magazine, ORIGIN Magazine, and Huffington Post, and has spoken and performed at Wanderlust Festival, Celebrate Your Life, Yoga Journal Conference, Sedona World Wisdom Days, Kripalu, Sun Valley Wellness Festival, and more. Chris is passionate about his work with people who are in the process of healing or struggling with addictions of all kinds. He speaks and leads groups in detoxes, yoga studios, rehabs, youth centers, hospitals, conferences, and festivals worldwide. He is a member of the advisory board for Drugs over Dinner, hosts The Indie Spiritualist Podcast on Ram Dass's esteemed Be Here Now Network and is a member of The Evolutionary Leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Grosso welcomes director Sebastian Siegel for a conversation about his new movie, Grace and Grit, which is based on the book by philosopher Ken Wilber. Sebastian Siegel is a British-American director, producer, screenwriter and author. His modes of storytelling range from filmmaking to contemporary art and psychology. His latest movie, Grace and Grit, is now available to stream on Amazon, Apple TV, YouTube, Google Play, and more. Learn more about Sebastian and his work at sebastiansiegel.com, and be sure to follow him on Instagram. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Author Laura McKowen talks with Chris Grosso about the process of addiction and recovery, her resistance to defining herself as an alcoholic, and working with guilt and shame.Laura McKowen is the author of We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life. She had a successful career in public relations and the Mad Men–esque drinking culture of advertising. After getting sober, Laura became recognized as a fresh voice in recovery, beloved for her soulful and irreverent writing online and in print. She now leads sold-out retreats and courses, teaching people how to say yes to a bigger life. Learn more about her at lauramckowen.com.

For this episode I'm (Chris Grosso) joined by longtime Yankee reporter for WFAN Sweeny Murti. We start out recapping his takeaways from the brief two-game series between the Yankees and Indians. I then ask if he thinks the layoff in between series may hurt the Yanks particularly the guys like Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Gleyber Torres and Gary Sanchez, all of whom got the bats going. I then ask if he likes Gary Sanchez may have turned a corner after his good game in Game 2 vs. the Indians. Next we talk about the ALDS with the Rays and how the Yankees will have to dip more into their resources particularly in the starting rotation and bullpen. I then ask how this series may have a different feel to it playing in a neutral site on the West Coast. We conclude talking about his biggest keys for this series from the Yankees and Rays standpoint and what he thinks of a potential ALCS rematch between the Yankees and Astros. 

Brendan talks with the only person to trip 100 times and NOT find God, Chris Grosso, a.k.a. the "Indie Spiritualist." Even though Chris doesn't love the name "Indie Spiritualist," he truly was the perfect guest to talk all things modern spirituality including if you should  do drugs to get closer to God, finding a new kind of peace during sobriety, how you know it's time to let go of pain and suffering, and finding God at a Hooters in Sioux Falls. 

Actor Michael Berryman joins Chris Grosso for a conversation around the gift of light, the masks we all wear, and how the horror genre connects to social consciousness.Veteran actor and horror/sci-fi genre icon Michael Berryman is a native of Los Angeles, California. He was born prematurely with Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia, a rare condition leaving him with no sweat glands, hair, fingernails, or teeth. Michael has appeared in films such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Hills Have Eyes, and Weird Science.

In episode # 56, Dr. Reese sits down with Chris Grosso, an author, public speaker and spiritual teacher who was once an addict. A long-time atheist, Chris was introduced to the eastern traditions which lead him down the rabbit hole of spirituality. Eventually he met Ram Dass face to face and was moved to tears. Things progressed from there. www.DOCTORREESE.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drreese/message

New Basic Thoughtonomics podcast is up as I’m (Chris Grosso) joined by the great Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay to preview the upcoming season. I ask what he’s looking for in terms of storyline for the upcoming season and how he would go about analyzing a 60 game season. I get his thoughts on the 60 game season in terms of credibility and legitimacy. I also get his thoughts on how managers will have to adapt to the 60 game schedule. Also, asks his thoughts on how games might feel different with an added sense of urgency due to the shortened season and the Yankees biggest threat in the division. I ask how he thinks the players will respond to playing in empty ballparks, his thoughts on calling games in an empty stadium and how he’ll be calling road games from the YES studios in Connecticut. Lastly, I ask him his favorite Centerstage interview which led to a fun little debate about Seinfeld and Friends. If you have a few minutes, feel free to give it a listen. As always, any and all feedback is encouraged. 

Listen to my chat with Chris Grosso. Chris is a tattooed, independent culturist, freelance writer, spiritual aspirant, recovering addict, and musician. Chris writes for such venues as "Rebelle Society", "Huffington Post", "Intent" blog, and is a monthly contributor on the radio show "Where is My Guru?" He created the popular hub for all things alternative, independent, and spiritual with The Indie Spiritualist website. A self-taught musician, Chris has been writing, recording, and touring since the mid-1990s playing with independent bands. Find out what Chris is up to here www.theindiespiritualist.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Lead singer of the band Dissolve, Paul Thorstenson, visits Chris Grosso on the Indie Spiritualist Podcast for a conversation about his journey as a musician and how music can offer a deeper connection to ourselves.

Chris Grosso speaks with author Neale Donald Walsch about his new book and how the biggest problem in the world today is the belief that we are separate from everything and everyone.

Trigg talks to Old friends Chris Grosso and Mac Murdock about industry connections and how Chris changed the way people access the industry and interview chefs through his work as a director and tv producer.The Main Course O.G. is powered by Simplecast.

In this new episode of The Indie Spiritualist Podcast, Colin McEnroe joins Chris Grosso for a conversation about our spiritual health, how we are shaped by faith, and staying connected beyond death.Colin McEnroe hosts the daily WNPR show, The Colin McEnroe Show. He is a weekly columnist and blogger for The Hartford Courant and a contributing editor at Men's Health. He is the author of three books and one play. His work has appeared on the New York Times Op-Ed Page and in Bicycling magazine, Best Life, Cosmopolitan and Forbes FYI. Be sure to subscribe to The Colin McEnroe Show on your favorite podcast player to check out Colin's exploration of Ram Dass' life and legacy with Chris, Sharon Salzberg, and Mirabai Bush on the Jan 9th Episode of The Colin McEnroe Show.

What is irreverent growth? How do you get help for mental health when you aren't a part of the "just be positive and say affirmations" crowd? How do you find your peeps that will go deep with you and not be afraid of catching "negative cooties"? What does it look like to be irreverent and be conscious?Join our guests, Sarah Buino and Roxan McDonald, with our host Kristin Walker for a funny and profound discussion about all of the above!Sarah Buino, LCSW, CADC, CDWF is a therapist, teacher, speaker and the founder of Head/Heart Therapy, Inc. She is a licensed clinical social worker, certified addictions counselor, and Certified Daring WayTM facilitator. She holds a masters degree from Loyola University in Chicago and specializes in shame, substance use disorders, and trauma. She has trained in a variety of therapy modalities including: NARM (neuro-affective relational model), sensorimotor psychotherapy, comprehensive energy psychology, psychodrama/experiential therapy, and shame-resilience. She uses each of these modalities as a framework to support resilience within her clients and create a space for self-knowledge and growth.Over the last decade, Sarah has gained experience in the social work field by supporting adolescents, adults, and families struggling with the difficulties of addiction. In 2014, Head/Heart Therapy was born and it quickly grew to be a successful well-respected group practice in Chicago.Sarah became part of Loyola University’s School of Social Work adjunct faculty in 2015 and Fordham University’s adjunct faculty in 2019. She is committed to supporting the newest generation of social workers to become passionate about and competent in working with substance use disorders.Sarah is also the host of a podcast called Conversations with a Wounded Healer, which examines the parallel path of healing self, while supporting our clients. She’s interviewed prominent guests such as Lissa Rankin, Chris Grosso, Hillary McBride, and Sera Beak.In 2017, Sarah was honored by NASW’s Illinois Chapter by being recognized as an Emerging Leader. The Emerging Leader is an “early” career social worker who has demonstrated exemplary leadership, expertise, and dedication to the profession in the state of Illinois, whose contributions enhance practice knowledge and/or the capacity of the profession and the human service to obtain resources and influence. Other awards include the Humility Award (2014) from Sierra Tucson’s Gratitude for Giving event as well as the Rising Star Award (2018) from the Illinois Association of Addiction Professionals.Sarah has always valued authenticity as a critical component of whole-hearted living. Since hearing Dr. Brené Brown speak in the winter of 2009, she has been sharing the concepts of shame-resilience, authenticity, and vulnerability with her clients. She completed training with Brené Brown’s team in 2013 and is a Certified Daring WayTM facilitator (CDWF).Sarah is also knowledgeable about the benefits of various adjunct techniques for wellbeing, and is a certified Reiki Master. Reiki is a form of energy healing that encourages the release of oxytocin to reduce pain and increase the body’s ability to repair itself mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually.In her spare time, Sarah is a musician and sings in musical groups around the Chicagoland area. She’s passionate about being the best version of herself and commits to a daily meditation and spiritual practice. She also loves tattoos and changing her hair cut and color often.www.headhearttherapy.comRoxan McDonald has dedicated herself to helping people find their voice both on the page and in their lives. She currently leads writing groups in Santa Cruz, Carmel, and Monterey. Roxan co-teaches with Ellen Bass at Esalen Institute. For fourteen years she was on the management team of two alternative high schools focused on serving at-risk youth. Roxan taught creative writing, poetry, and memoir writing in alternative schools and produced eleven anthologies of student writing. She has studied with Ellen Bass, Marcy Allencraig, Joseph Stroud, Barbara Bloom, Jessica Brown, and Andy Courturier. She is an alum of the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, Breadloaf Sicily and is a member of Cheryl Strayed's Writers Camp. Roxan won the Mary Lonnberg Smith Award in poetry and her short stories, memoir excerpts, and poetry have been published in The Porter Gulch Review. She won the Eshleman Scholarship for the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley. Roxan received an honorable mention in nonfiction for the San Miguel de Allende Writers' Conference Writing Contest for an excerpt from her memoir. Roxan holds a BA in Interdisciplinary Education from California Institute of Integral Studies and an MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific University.www.roxannemcdonald.com

What does it mean to accept yourself fully in all your perfect imperfection? In this conversation with Christine, author and indie spiritualist Chris Grosso shares the importance of taking an honest look at your true self while acknowledging both your frailty and glory, and then using the difficulties you face in life as a catalyst for healing into wholeness.

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What does it mean to accept yourself fully in all your perfect imperfection? In this conversation with Christine, author and indie spiritualist Chris Grosso shares the importance of taking an honest look at your true self while acknowledging both your frailty and glory, and then using the difficulties you face in life as a catalyst for healing into wholeness.

In this episode Professor Thurman is joined by Chris Grosso for an extended discussion on the role of mentoring in recovery and the value of compassion in working with at risk youth and those facing conflict. Podcast includes: an overview of the Buddhist perspective on Death, a discussion of peer and addiction recovery counseling, a short history of mindfulness in the alternative music scene, introductions to the mis-titled “Tibetan Book of the Dead” and to the tools and techniques used by Chris in his work. Tibet House US Conversations : Chris Grosso – Ep. 221 of the Bob Thurman Podcast Photo via www.TheIndieSpiritualist.com. Chris Grosso is an author, independent culturist, spiritual aspirant, recovering addict, and speaker. He writes for Origin magazine, Mantra Yoga + Health magazine and created the popular hub for all things alternative, independent, and spiritual with www.TheIndieSpiritualist.com. This podcast is apart of the Tibet House US Conversations series of dialogs between Robert A.F. Thurman & the leading hearts, minds & characters bringing the ancient wisdom of Buddhism and Tibet into the modern mindful revolution. The Tibet House US (THUS) Conversations are produced through the generous support of it’s membership community and are apart of the digital member archive made available as apart of becoming a monthly supporter. To listen to more archive recordings from from past Robert A.F. Thurman teachings + public events please consider becoming a Tibet House US member. To Learn about the benefits of Tibet House US Membership please visit: www.tibethouse.us. For more Dharma teachings and application of Buddha Dharma principles to current events, check out podcasts on www.bobthurman.com. The song ‘Dancing Ling’ by Tenzin Choegyal from the album ‘

In this episode Professor Thurman is joined by Chris Grosso for an extended discussion on the role of mentoring in recovery and the value of compassion in working with at risk youth and those facing conflict. Podcast includes: an overview of the Buddhist perspective on Death, a discussion of peer and addiction recovery counseling, a short history of mindfulness in the alternative music scene, introductions to the mis-titled “Tibetan Book of the Dead” and to the tools and techniques used by Chris in his work. Tibet House US Conversations : Chris Grosso – Ep. 221 of the Bob Thurman Podcast Photo Chris Grosso is an author, independent culturist, spiritual aspirant, recovering addict, and speaker. He writes for Origin magazine, Mantra Yoga + Health magazine and created the popular hub for all things alternative, independent, and spiritual with www.TheIndieSpiritualist.com. This podcast is apart of the Tibet House US Conversations series of dialogs between Robert A.F. Thurman & the leading hearts, minds & characters bringing the ancient wisdom of Buddhism and Tibet into the modern mindful revolution. The Tibet House US (THUS) Conversations are produced through the generous support of it’s membership community and are apart of the digital member archive made available as apart of becoming a monthly supporter. To listen to more archive recordings from from past Robert A.F. Thurman teachings + public events please consider becoming a Tibet House US member. To Learn about the benefits of Tibet House US Membership please visit: www.tibethouse.us. For more Dharma teachings and application of Buddha Dharma principles to current events, check out podcasts on www.bobthurman.com. The song ‘Dancing Ling’ by Tenzin Choegyal from the album ‘Heart Sutra‘ (2004) by Ethno Super Lounge is used on the Bob Thurman Podcast with artist’s permission, all rights reserved.

Chris is a best-selling author of works such as The Indie Spiritualist & Dead Set On Living. He also recently started writing for Fangoria, arguably the most prominent horror publication of all time. We talk mediation, mental health, living a better life, and how it can all be related to our favorite subjects of horror, punk rock, and of course… SLAYER!!!

Author and journalist Preston Fassel joins Chris Grosso for a conversation around the power of storytelling and how the genre of horror can help us work through the most difficult aspects of the human experience.Preston Fassel is an award-winning writer, journalist, and screenwriter. His work has appeared in FANGORIA, Rue Morgue magazine, Screem magazine, and on Cinedump.com. His first novel, Our Lady of the Inferno, was published to widespread critical acclaim, being named one of the ten best horror books of the year by Bloody Disgusting and winning the 2019 Independent Book Publisher Gold Medal for Horror.

Author Maureen Healy visits The Indie Spiritualist to talk with Chris Grosso about her book, The Emotionally Healthy Child, and how we can help children process emotions in a healthy way.

Chris Grosso is an author, musician and speaker who I got to know online in the past few years. I asked to come speak with the LOLA community about his work, his writing and his life. I think you will love hearing Chris's perspective and insights about his life. You can learn more about Chris at http://theindiespiritualist.com. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lolacommunity/support

Author and director Jeff Brown returns to the Indie Spiritualist podcast for a conversation with Chris Grosso about getting grounded in our spiritual practice and avoiding the traps of spiritual bypassing.Jeff Brown is the author of Soulshaping: A Journey of Self-Creation, and Ascending with Both Feet on the Ground. He is also the author of the viral blog Apologies to the Divine Feminine (from a warrior in transition) and the producer and key journeyer in the award-winning spiritual documentary, Karmageddon. Which stars Ram Dass, Seane Corn, David Life, Deva Premal and Miten. You can connect with his work at soulshaping.com and karmageddonthemovie.com.On the west coast? You can join Chris at the SAND (Science and Non-Duality Conference) Oct. 23rd-27th in San Jose, CA. Learn more about this conference that will bring together some of the brightest minds in science, artists and spiritual teachers from various traditions. Learn more about this endeavor to expand and deepen our understanding and experience of our relational nature through the two lenses of science and spirituality: scienceandnonduality.com

Batteries go through some intense testing. Researchers drive nails through them, crush them, overheat them, overcharge them and blast them with a laser, among other tests.Now, the engineers at Sandia National Laboratories have a new toy, an indoor tower that drops up to 500 pounds on lithium-ion batteries. The tower is actually the ninth in-house test, or as testing engineer Chris Grosso says, their "ninth way of killing a battery."According to Grosso, the test hits the batteries with so much force that it often cuts them in half. Lithium-ion batteries are found in medical equipment and electric cars, among other things. Impact testing will not only help create safer batteries, but it will also help provide useful information for first responders in car accidents involving EVs. The new drop tower is controlled remotely. The researchers don’t begin the test until they’re inside a trailer about 30 years away. The battery is bolted to a load cell to measure the impact force, and the weight drops from up to 8 feet, 8 inches. The researchers capture data on speed, force, temperature and voltage while cameras record the carnage. Most of the components are off-the-shelf so they can be easily replaced following a fire or explosion. Next, the engineers plan to add springs or gas-pressurized pistons to boost downward acceleration and increase the impact force. When you do, please send us the footage.

If you've ever wanted to overcome addiction or keep from “screwing up” or attacking yourself with your mind then do we have the show for You! Today I'll be talking with Chris Grosso, writer, speaker, author of The Indie Spiritualist and Everything Mind, host of The Indie Spiritualist Podcast and the author of a brilliant new read, Dead Set on Living. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about Making the Difficult But Beautiful Journey from F-ing Up to Waking Up. Dead Set On Living Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What happened to Chris Grosso since our last interview? What's the importance of moving past the “if only” mindset? What's the importance of letting go of shame? What is the “RAIN” practice to help you let go? What's “the primary problem” according to Gabor Mate? What does the law of attraction have to do with spiritual puberty? What can we learn from Lissa Rankin and “God is Not Your B*tch”? What does Tosha Silver teach about surrendering to the divine? What does Tosha mean about the next phase of your soul's journey? How do we take away shame and judgment? What does Ram Dass mean about loving awareness? What does Sharon Salzberg mean about a happiness that isn't going to shatter? How can we forgive ourselves after we've screwed up? What's the value of a loving kindness meditation? What can we learn from J Ivy about forgiveness How do we write to help ourselves? What's the importance of gratitude and how do we use it? How to keep from self-sabotage? What are clues you might be slipping? How do you put a protective net in place against negativity??? What's the importance of self-compassion and being gentle with yourself? For more info visit: TheIndieSpiritualist.com And for free meditations, weekly tips, stories and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com  And to support the show and get even more great tools, tips, and behind-the-scenes access, visit: www.Patreon.com/InspireNation 

This week on the Indie Spiritualist Podcast, Chris Grosso speaks with guest Belinda Womack about making contact with the angelic realm and the road to recovery that all humans share.

Chris Grosso is a public speaker, writer, and author of Indie Spiritualist, Everything Mind and Dead Set On Living.  From his own remarkable recovery from alcohol and drug addiction he is passionate about working with people who are in the process of healing or struggling with addictions of all kinds. He speaks and leads groups in detoxes, yoga studios, rehabs, youth centers, hospitals, conferences, and festivals worldwide. He hosts the popular Indie Spiritualist Podcast on Ram Dass’s esteemed Be Here Now Network and is a member of The Evolutionary Leaders. His work has been endorsed by a diverse mix of celebrated individuals including Jeff Bridges, Ram Dass, Tony Hawk, Bam Margera, Sharon Salzberg, Alex Grey, Richard Rohr, MC Yogi, Tara Brach, Ken Wilber, Jack Kornfield, Andrew Harvey, Lama Surya Das, Dr. Lissa Rankin, Bernie Siegel, Robert Thurman, don Miguel Ruiz Jr., and more.

Shamanic healer Sarah Bamford Seidelmann joins Chris Grosso for a conversation about finding the wisdom and healing that are available through spirit animals.

Chris Grosso is a youth mental health group facilitator with Newport Academy, public speaker, writer, and author of Indie Spiritualist (Beyond Words/Simon & Schuster, 2014), Everything Mind (Sounds True, 2105) and Dead Set On Living (Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books, 2018). Chris is passionate about his work with people who are in the process of healing or struggling with addictions of all kinds. He speaks and leads groups in detoxes, yoga studios, rehabs, youth centers, hospitals, conferences, and festivals worldwide. He is a member of the advisory board for Drugs over Dinner, hosts The Indie Spiritualist Podcast on Ram Dass’s esteemed Be Here Now Network and is a member of The Evolutionary Leaders. Chris Grosso is a big deal, y’all. He’s not going to tell you that, but just trust...he’s the sh!t. Chris and Sarah discuss what they believe is at the core of healing, the concept of living from our wounds versus learning from them, and the gifts of knowing your own particular brand of weird. Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Chris Grosso is a youth mental health group facilitator with Newport Academy, public speaker, writer, and author of “Indie Spiritualist” “Everything Mind” and “Dead Set on Living.” He writes for Revolver Magazine, ORIGIN Magazine, and Huffington Post, and has spoken and performed at Wanderlust Festival, Celebrate Your Life, Yoga Journal Conference, Sedona World Wisdom Days, and more.Chris works with people who are in the process of healing or struggling with addictions of all kinds. He speaks and leads groups in detoxes, yoga studios, rehabs, youth centers, hospitals, conferences, and festivals worldwide.

Chris Grosso is a youth mental health group facilitator with Newport Academy, public speaker, writer, and author of “Indie Spiritualist” “Everything Mind” and “Dead Set on Living.” He writes for Revolver Magazine, ORIGIN Magazine, and Huffington Post, and has spoken and performed at Wanderlust Festival, Celebrate Your Life, Yoga Journal Conference, Sedona World Wisdom Days, and more.Chris works with people who are in the process of healing or struggling with addictions of all kinds. He speaks and leads groups in detoxes, yoga studios, rehabs, youth centers, hospitals, conferences, and festivals worldwide.

Chris Grosso is a youth mental health group facilitator with Newport Academy, public speaker, writer, and author of Indie Spiritualist (Beyond Words/Simon & Schuster, 2014), Everything Mind (Sounds True, 2105) and Dead Set On Living (Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books, 2018). He writes for Revolver Magazine,  ORIGIN Magazine, and Huffington Post, and has spoken and performed at Wanderlust Festival, Celebrate Your Life, Yoga Journal Conference, Sedona World Wisdom Days, Kripalu, Sun Valley Wellness Festival, and more. Chris is passionate about his work with people who are in the process of healing or struggling with addictions of all kinds. He speaks and leads groups in detoxes, yoga studios, rehabs, youth centers, hospitals, conferences, and festivals worldwide. He is a member of the advisory board for Drugs over Dinner, hosts The Indie Spiritualist Podcast on Ram Dass's esteemed Be Here Now Network and is a member of The Evolutionary Leaders.

Why is it that so many of us end up in this place of constant battle with ourselves, and how can we begin to lay our weapons down and cultivate inner peace? Why do we return to things we know will ultimately destroy us mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually? After the “tragic beauty” of a near-death relapse, author and addiction expert, Chris Grosso, found himself asking poignant and revelatory questions of some of the brightest luminaries on the planet. Listen to the wisdom…

If you've ever wanted to overcome addiction or keep from “screwing up” or attacking yourself with your mind then do we have the show for You! Today I'll be talking with Chris Grosso, writer, speaker, author of The Indie Spirtualist and Everything Mind, host of The Indie Spiritualist Podcast and the author of a brilliant new read, Dead Set on Living. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about Making the Difficult But Beautiful Journey from F-ingUp to Waking Up Dead Set On Living Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: What happened to Chris Grosso since our last interview? What's the importance of moving past the “if only” mindset? What's the importance of letting go of shame? What is the “RAIN” practice to help you let go? What's “the primary problem” according to Gabor Mate? What does the law of attraction have to do with spiritual puberty? What can we learn from Lissa Rankin and “God is Not Your B*tch”? What does Tosha Silver teach about surrendering to the divine? What does Tosha mean about the next phase of your soul's journey? How do we take away shame and judgment? What does Ram Dass mean about loving awareness? What does Sharon Salzberg mean about a happiness that isn't going to shatter? How can we forgive ourselves after we've screwed up? What's the value of a loving kindness meditation? What can we learn from J Ivy about forgiveness How do we write to help ourselves? What's the importance of gratitude and how do we use it? How to keep from self-sabotage? What are clues you might be slipping? How do you put a protective net in place against negativity??? What's the importance of self-compassion and being gentle with yourself? For more info visit: TheIndieSpiritualist.com Chris Grosso On How to Turn Life Around & Make the Difficult Yet Beautiful Journey to Waking Up! + Overcoming Addiction | Health | Fitness | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

Chris Grosso returns to the Mindrolling Podcast to talk about overcoming our self-defeating behaviors with spiritual practice.

Chris Grosso talks to Jeff and Corey about his latest book, Dead Set on Living: Making the Difficult but Beautiful Journey from F#@king Up to Waking Up, which features a number of deeply moving conversations between Chris and various spiritual and cultural luminaries, including Ken Wilber, Ram Dass, Sharon Salzberg, Noah Levine, JP Sears, and many others.

Chris Grosso is a youth mental health and healing group facilitator with Newport Academy. A public speaker, writer, and author, his books include Indie Spiritualist: A No Bullshit Exploration of Spirituality; Everything Mind: What I’ve Learned About Hard Knocks, Spiritual Awakening; and most recently Dead Set On Living: Making the Difficult but Beautiful Journey from F#*cking Up to Waking Up. He has spoken and performed at Wanderlust Festival, Celebrate Your Life, Yoga Journal Conference, Sedona World Wisdom Days, Kripalu, Sun Valley Wellness Festival, and other venues. Chris works with people who are in the process of healing or are struggling with addictions of all kinds. He is a member of the advisory board for Drugs over Dinner, hosts The Indie Spiritualist Podcast on Ram Dass’s Be Here Now Network, and is a member of The Evolutionary Leaders (a project of The Source of Synergy Foundation). We spoke about his journey from addiction to spiritual teacher and about his latest book. Learn more about Chris Grosso here: http://theindiespiritualist.com/about/

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In this episode of the Inner Shift, Emily Perry interviews Chris Grosso, author, and creator of the Indie Spiritualist Podcast. They dive into his new book, Deadset on Living, and so much more.  LINKS: Chris Grosso's, The Indie Spiritualist The Indie Spiritualist Podcast on Apple Podcasts Grosso's books: Dead Set on Living, Everything Mind, & Indie Spiritualist Upcoming events with Emily Perry: Join Emily Perry for a new retreat experience: Yoga as a Pathway to Purpose at 1440 Multiversity in California in June 2018.  Explore the campus as you dive into intention and purpose with Emily.  Are you ready to live fully awake in your purpose? Do you know that you have a hidden spark waiting to ignite but aren’t sure where to start? Dive into transformation with yoga teacher and mantra expert Emily Perry, LAc, MTOM, E-RYT 500, founder of the Pathway to Purpose experience and creator of The Inner Shift podcast. Emily has designed custom yoga and mantra practices that will open you to the beauty of your path and anchor you in your deepest intention—lighting the necessary shift to embody your fullest self. Nurture your growth in a supportive community during this inclusive, joyful, and immersive weekend workshop, and return home with a more meaningful and directed sense of self. The tailored process will guide you in the natural unfolding of your awakening and includes: Discussion and journaling Vinyasa flow practice Restorative and Yin Yoga practice Chanting and mantra. Discover and unlock your unique potential through a dynamic combination of active, restorative, and reflective exercises. At the end of the weekend, you will take home your personalized retreat guidebook. Activate and align your commitment to fulfilling your calling. Connect and ground your understanding of your true essence. Experience a deep reset in your core beliefs about what is possible. Register: emilyperryyoga.com/1440 For more information, links, and so much more, head to the podcast website, www.innershitpodcast.com. Join our community of listeners & seekers online in our free Facebook Group, Living The Shift. You can join the tribe here. Learn more about Emily's upcoming events on her websitewww.emilyperryyoga.com, and follow and tag her on Instagram @emilyperryyoga. If you find value in this offering, please subscribe to it in your podcast player, rate it on iTunes, and share with a friend. Be Well, and Namaste. Music by www.bensound.com

Author Chris Grosso joins me to discuss addiction, depression, the importance of being real with yourself, and his new book Dead Set On Living. In this new work, Chris collaborates with Ram Dass, Tara Brach, Noah Levine, Gabor Mate, Duncan Trussell, Sharon Salzberg and others. Together, they offer reasons why people return to self-defeating behaviors and how they can heal. ★★★★★ Please take a moment to rate the show on iTunes. It helps bring more guests you’d like to hear. Go to your app, click on the show, and scroll down to rate. Thanks! Come say hello on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Chris Grosso is a public speaker, writer, and author of Indie Spiritualist; Everything Mind: What I've Learned About Hard Knocks; Spiritual Awakening and the Mind-Blowing Truth of it All and his new release, Dead Set On Living. He also writes for ORIGIN Magazine, Huffington Post, and Mantra Yoga plus Health Magazine. Chris speaks frequently at conferences and festivals and is passionate about his work with people who are in the process of healing or struggling with addictions of all kinds. He is a member of the advisory board for Drugs over Dinner and hosts The Indie Spiritualist podcast on Ram Dass's Be Here Now Network. Chris's work has been endorsed by an eclectic mix of celebrated individuals including Jeff Bridges, Ram Dass, Ken Wilber, Lissa Rankin, don Miguel Ruiz Jr., and more. Visit http://theindiespiritualist.com, Get the Inclusion Revolution CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating.  Visit our website at www.AmericaMeditating.org.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android

Today Jeff and Corey talk to integral author Chris Grosso about his new book, Dead Set on Living: Making the Difficult but Beautiful Journey from F#@king Up to Waking Up, which features a number of deeply insightful encounters between Chris and various spiritual and cultural luminaries, including Ken Wilber, Ram Dass, Sharon Salzberg, Noah Levine, JP Sears, and many others. The book pivots around Chris's provocative journey out of the shadows of addiction and the endless empty parade of substitute gratifications, and into the light of spiritual awakening and healthy living. Most importantly, Chris offers the reader a breadcrumb trail of practices and insights to help illuminate their own path to recovery, an invaluable resource for anyone who is struggling with any sort of addiction — whether drugs, alcohol, sex, video games, or any other fixation we use to avoid the inevitable pains and sorrows of our lives. Get your copy of “Dead Set on Living” here.

Chris Grosso is a public speaker, writer, and author of several books and his lastest is Dead Set On Living:Making the Difficult but Beautiful Journey from F#*cking Up to Waking Up . He writes for several magazines and has performed at many conferences and events. Chris is passionate about his work with people who are in the process of healing or struggling with addictions of all kinds. He speaks and leads groups in detoxes, yoga studios, rehabs, youth centres, hospitals, conferences, and festivals worldwide. He is a member of the advisory board for Drugs over Dinner and hosts The Indie Spiritualist Podcast on Ram Dass’s esteemed Be Here Now Network.

We sit down with Chris Grosso, executive producer of MUNCHIES and VICELAND, for a behind-the-scenes look at our hit program Chef's Night Out and how it inspired the new cookbook of the same name. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chris Grosso (@xchrisgrossox) is a spiritual guru (he is to me!) and he is also the author of the books The Indie Spiritualist and Everything Mind. Chris and I talk about our roots in Connecticut Hardcore, our respective pasts, the fun/trouble we had as younger people and the turn for the better both of our lives have taken. We talk about Chris' books and a new publication he has in the works. Intro music was supplied by my bud Brendan "Absolute" Paulsen. The track is titled "Anthrax" off of the album he just wrapped up with Shyste, "Lord of the Flies".

Author and Indie Spiritualist Chris Grosso joins me on The Astral Hustle. We discuss having music induced mystical experiences and how his struggle with addiction and depression lead him to help others. ★★★★★ Please manifest 5 stars and use them to rate The Astral Hustle on iTunes. It helps bring more of the guests you’d like to hear.

Chris Grosso is a public speaker, writer, director of education at Toivo by Advocacy Unlimited and author of Indie Spiritualist: A No Bullshit Exploration of Spirituality (Beyond Words/Simon & Schuster), Everything Mind: What I’ve Learned About Hard Knocks, Spiritual Awakening and the Mind-Blowing Truth of it All (Sounds True) and Dead Set On Living (Simon & Schuster/New World Library-Spring 2018). He writes for ORIGIN Magazine, Huffington Post, and Mantra Yoga + Health Magazine, and has spoken and performed at Wanderlust Festival, Celebrate Your Life, Yoga Journal Conference, Sedona World Wisdom Days, Kripalu, Sun Valley Wellness Festival, and more.  

Philosopher, Ken Wilber, joins Chris Grosso for a conversation on finding truth, understanding our identity and finding freedom from the shadows of the soul.Ken Wilber is considered to be one of the most important philosophers in the world today. He is the most widely translated academic writer in America, with 25 books translated into nearly 30 foreign languages. Influenced by Madhyamaka Buddhism, Wilber's philosophy attempts at integrating psychology and spirituality. Learn more about Ken and his offerings at integrallife.com.

Live from ABC Deepak Homebase; Lama Surya Das is joined by Chris Grosso, Duncan Trussell, and Raghu Markus for a comical chat about consciousness and the spiritual path. The group gets real about enlightenment, overcoming struggles with practice, and the importance of having the courage to start the journey.

Chris Grosso, the “Indie Spiritualist,” is a public speaker, writer, published author, podcaster and spiritual director of Toivo by Advocacy Unlimited. He writes for ORIGIN Magazine, Huffington Post, and Mantra Yoga + Health Magazine, and has authored “Indie Spiritualist: A No Bullshit Exploration of Spirituality” and “Everything Mind: What I’ve Learned About Hard Knocks, Spiritual Awakening and the Mind-Blowing Truth of it All.” In this interview, Chris chats candidly about his journey from skateboarder and rocker to drug addict… then coming out the other side to develop his own brand of spirituality. He is passionate about helping others who struggle with addiction by leading groups in detoxes, yoga, rehabs, youth centers, conferences, etc. He shares his struggles openly and honestly, with a lot of humor, although he doesn’t believe it’s all behind him. Please join me as we discuss our respective views on emotional expression, spirituality and more. Additional information on Chris can be found via his website: http://theindiespiritualist.com/

Chris is a public speaker, writer, podcast host and spiritual director that is known for his no BS approach to exploring spirituality. In this episode Chris shares his inspiring story rising above addiction, and how he received an endorsement from the acclaimed spiritual teacher Ram Daas, as well as his teacher Maharaji from beyond the veil.

Author and teacher Chris Grosso (everything mind, the indie spiritualist) joins the DTFH and we get spiritual!   THIS EPISODE BROUGHT TO YOU BY CASPER.COM go to CASPER.COM and use offer code familyhour to get $50 off of your first order.

Airs Wednesday, June 29, 2016 During this week’s radio show you will learn about: How to practice compassionate spiritual discernment The mystery of interbeing - convincing yourself that you're really connected to everything Finding your mission Expecting obstacles and learning to stand alone

Airs Wednesday, June 29, 2016 During this week’s radio show you will learn about: How to practice compassionate spiritual discernment The mystery of interbeing - convincing yourself that you're really connected to everything Finding your mission Expecting obstacles and learning to stand alone

Listen to my chat with Chris Grosso. Chris is a tattooed, independent culturist, freelance writer, spiritual aspirant, recovering addict, and musician. Chris writes for such venues as "Rebelle Society", "Huffington Post", "Intent" blog, and is a monthly contributor on the radio show "Where is My Guru?" He created the popular hub for all things alternative, independent, and spiritual with The Indie Spiritualist website. A self-taught musician, Chris has been writing, recording, and touring since the mid-1990s playing with independent bands. www.theindiespiritualist.com/

His work has been endorsed by Academy Award winning actor Jeff Bridges and skateboard legend Tony Hawk. Chris Grosso is a public speaker, writer, recovering addict, spiritual director, and author of Indie Spiritualist: A No Bullshit Exploration of Spirituality and his most recent offering, Everything Mind: What I've Learned About Hard Knocks, Spiritual Awakening and the Mind-Blowing Truth of it All.  A self-taught musician, Chris is a tattooed, punk /grunge skateboarding, freelance musician and writer and definitely a free thinker blazing his own path. He writes with refreshing wit and candor, deeply and broadly reflecting on what it means to be human,both personally and collectively. Gross has a fresh and unconventional voice of truth-seeking, notable for persistence, humility and wisdom around Spirituality, Mindfulness and Meditation.  This is a surprising show and is sure to challenge your own mind on learning about your true self.   

Chris and Zach hang out in a very thought provoking, heart centered common ground that explored many topics. Chris shares his insights into modern spirituality, a little bit about his story, thoughts on his new book "Everything Mind" and an all around great insight into how to apply spirituality to ones life without dogma or labels. Rants include: Not very much!! Just a thought on how and where the Trump phenomena all began! Chris Grosso is a public speaker, writer, spiritual director of Tovio by Advocacy Unlimited, teacher with the Worldwide Insight Organization, and author of Indie Spiritualist: A No Bullshit Exploration of Spirituality (Beyond Words/Simon & Schuster) and Everything Mind: What I’ve Learned About Hard Knocks, Spiritual Awakening and the Mind-Blowing Truth of it All (Sounds True). He writes for ORIGIN Magazine, Huffington Post, and Mantra Yoga + Health Magazine, and has spoken and performed at Wanderlust Festival, Celebrate Your Life, Yoga Journal Conference, Sedona World Wisdom Days, Kripalu, and more. Chris is passionate about his work with people who are in the process of healing or struggling with addictions of all kinds. He speaks and leads groups in detoxes, yoga studios, rehabs, youth centers, 12-step meetings, hospitals, conferences, and festivals worldwide. He is a member of the advisory board for Drugs over Dinnerand hosts The Indie Spiritualist Podcast on The Mindpod Network. http://theindiespiritualist.com @XchrisGrossoX

If you've ever felt that you're off-track or off path because of where you are, how you're feeling, or because you feel what you're doing isn't good enough, or spiritual enough, then do we have the show for you! Today we'll be talking with Chris Grosso, author of the best-selling book The Indie Spiritualist: A No BS Exploration of Spirituality and his latest book Everything Mind: What I've Learned About Hard Knocks, Spiritual Awakening, and the Mind-Blowing Truth of It All And that in a sense is what we'll talk about today…how everything is part of our path, the good, the bad, and the really, really ugly. We'll talk about getting through the tough times, finding our way, practicing non-judgment, particularly toward ourselves, righting the ship, and making peace with wherever we are. That plus we'll talk about punk rock, tattoos, ron burgundy, and skateboarding have to do with anything. Questions and Topics Include: How everything is part of our path. What Chris's life looked like when he was 16 How Chris got involved with drugs and alcohol How Chris became an addict. How he learned he had a disease of addiction How he continued to relapse, and why... How being an introvert hurt him in his recovery How Chris began a spiritual journey while in his recovery phases What helped Chris begin to finally turn things around. How death-row inmate Jarvis J. Master's book Finding Freedom helped rekindle his spark and gave him hope How to keep self-talk under control. Exercise from Thich Nhat Hanh for overcoming Negative Self Talk How Chris began cultivating compassion when negative self-talk would come up How Chris learned to sit with negative thoughts and emotions A second Thich Nhat Hanh practice for negative thoughts What is Loving Kindness to Chris? An amazing Loving Kindness Tatoo. What Thich Nhat Hanh means by ‘no love, no lotus' How to be loving and kind to yourself AND to others How taking care of the environment helps one feel better When you're feeling bad or depressed a guaranteed way to feel better is to do something for someone else What the Medicine Buddha is and how it may have helped his dog Abby How Chris took his Boddhisatva vow The Medicine Buddha healing (and rebirth) mantra What does Everything mind mean, and why did he write this book? How everything is part of our spiritual path – everything. How we're all one and what that means for us. Words of wisdom and compassion for parents with a child stuck in addiction. Why parents need to take care of themselves even when a loved-one is struggling. A beautiful loving-kindness guided meditation Chris Grosso, The Indie Spiritualist, Shares How You Can Overcome Anything, Transform Your Life, Heal Addiction, Depression, Alcoholism, Anxiety & More. Plus Thich Nhat Hanh Practices & Guided Meditation. Spirituality | Buddhism | Health | Self-Help For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

      This week we talk to Chris Grosso about Everything Mind Only the third repeat guest on the The One You Feed, Chris Grosso is a public speaker, writer, and author of Indie Spiritualist: A No Bullshit Exploration of Spirituality and Everything Mind: What I’ve Learned About Hard Knocks, Spiritual Awakening and the Mind-Blowing Truth of it All. He writes for ORIGIN Magazine, Huffington Post, and Mantra Yoga + Health Magazine, and has spoken and performed at Wanderlust Festival, Celebrate Your Life, Yoga Journal Conference, Sedona World Wisdom Days, Kripalu, and more. He is a member of the advisory board for Drugs over Dinner and hosts The Indie Spiritualist Podcast on The Mindpod Network.   Our Sponsor this Week is Wisdom Publications. Click here to explore their offerings   In This Interview Chris Grosso and I Discuss... The One You Feed parable Welcoming Mara in How there is no end point in life His new book How spirit surrounds us in all aspects of life How spirituality includes the dark sides of ourselves Finding spirituality everywhere, including Megadeath and Motorhead The relative and absolute truth The journey from the head to the heart That there are different approaches to awakening Art as a path to spirituality Meditation versus mindfulness Everything Mind Discovering interdependence at a Motorhead show Positive concentration practices    

If you're at a point of change in your life, thinking of making a big change, in the middle of making a big change, or change is simply in the air, then do we have the show for you! Today we'll be talking with life coach extraordinaire and host of the Fire it Up with CJ show, CJ Liu about transitions and transformation. We'll talk about how to know when it's time to make a change, how to make it through smoothly, and what to do when it's thrust upon you. That plus why big changes don't have to scare you, how we can surf the waves of change, and why sometimes, resistance is futile, unless you're kale in the northeast in a blizzard. Questions and Topics Include: The importance of roots How the act of sending love gives love right back to you. What miracle winter kale has to do with transitions. How to grow a stronger foundation What happens when you get unrooted 5 Things that Cause us the most change. Job Change New family Moving Death Birth The importance of embracing the transition instead of fighting it. How Indigineous cultures view change as a rite of passage How a name change helps one shift their identity Why being “lost” may be an important step on your path Why the feeling of being flipped upside down and backwards may be creative angst or positive energy spinning up. What's the neutral zone, and what's it supposed to be like. How to let go of the suffering in the transition (disengaged, disoriented) process. How Inspire Nation came out of a period of transition How to come up with the faith to know it'll all work out. Why you don't want to play it small. How to dream big – coaching exercise Why we need to go for our biggest dreams. Why we move slowest during the fastest periods of growth  Words of wisdom from Dr. Bernard Roth of Stanford How meeting with others can help you transition How to put your questions out to the universe Why we're often just 1 gear or 1 degree off from where we want to be. A question from Grace: How do I achieve my dreams? The power to brainwash oneself What's the power of King Mo. Why moving helps us make transitions. A question from Joanne – I need strength, my husband is an active alcoholic, I am stuck. What words of wisdom Chris Grosso – the Indie Spiritualist – has to say about having an alcoholic spouse – check it out on CJ Liu's www. FireItUpwithCJ.com home page or youtube channel (Fire It Up with CJ) A question from Juliet in the UK: I tested HIV positive in 2005, and my life has never been the same again, is there any way to get control of the virus without tablets which have so many side-effects. What is the Inspire Nation Club and what's coming up for our show. Learn How to Embrace Change, Overcome Hurdles & Thrive Thru Difficult Transitions, No Matter What! Michael Sandler Throws On His Coaching Hat w/CJ Liu to Discuss Change & Transformation! Inspiration | Motivation | Business | Career | Health | Self-Help For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

Where do you go to for a no BS answer to spirituality? Chris Grosso. Chris Grosso is a public speaker, writer, recovering addict, spiritual director, and author of Indie Spiritualist: A No Bullshit Exploration of Spirituality and Everything Mind: What I’ve Learned About Hard Knocks, Spiritual Awakening and the Mind­Blowing Truth of it All. He writes for ORIGINMagazine, Huffington Post, and Mantra Yoga + Health Magazine. He's spoken and performed at Wanderlust Festival, Celebrate Your Life, Yoga Journal Conference, Sedona World Wisdom Days, Kripalu, and more. As a member of the advisory board for Drugs over Dinner and the host of The Indie Spiritualist Podcast on The Mindpod Network, Chris is changing the way we think about spirituality. Keep listening to find out how to connect with your own truth. SoulFeed wants to hear from you! E­mail your questions or thoughts to soulfeedpodcast@gmail.com.

Author of the indie spiritualist and everything mind Chris Grosso has a candid conversation about everything mindful, Zen and spiritual. In this episode you'll discover - Why Ram Dass is Chris's favourite person he has ever interviewed - Spiritual Lessons from Danny Trejo - The Importance of not replicating a style or system of spirituality - Advice on struggling with addiction and Chris's view on drugs and plant medicines such as mushrooms and Ayahuasca - How to break out of the mental hamster wheel - Chris's incredible spiritual resources Chris's Website: http://theindiespiritualist.com/  www.mattbelair.com & www.patreon.com/mattbelair Donate: bit.ly/mattbelair Support by Doing an Act of Kindness for Someone Today! Subscribe: Podcast: goo.gl/1euQe7 YouTube: goo.gl/Mz7Ngg   Download a Free Guide to Lucid Dreaming E-Book and Guided Hypnotic Experience: www.mattbelair.com/luciddreaming   About Me: ======== Master your mind, body, and spirit with Matt Belair and world-renowned leaders today! This unique show features candid conversations with experts in personal development, spirituality, and human optimization. Each episode is another key to help you unlock your infinite potential and assist you on your path to self-mastery! You will discover the best tips, tools, and technologies to master your mind; plus the science, principles, and practices to master your body. Finally, you will dive into the deepest depths of yourself, life, the universe and the pursuit of discovering who you really are, and consciously creating the life of your dreams! Explore timeless spiritual lessons and ancient teachings. Let go of any limitations and discover all of the tools to dramatically improve your health, well-being, and mindset! mattbelair.com/bio/ May Love, Joy, Passion, Peace, and Prosperity fill your life! Namaste

Chris Grosso is a public speaker, writer, spiritual director, and recovering addict who leads groups in detoxes, yoga studios, youth centers, hospitals, and festivals worldwide. With Sounds True, Chris Grosso has released a new book called Everything Mind: What I’ve Learned About Hard Knocks, Spiritual Awakening, and the Mind-Blowing Truth of It All. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Chris and Tami Simon discuss the deep connection between spiritual awakening and recovery. They also consider methods of working with self-loathing and judgment, as well as how genuine communication provides a doorway to meaningful connection. Finally, Chris shares a sampling of the practices on offer in Everything Mind. (76 minutes)

The Indie Spiritualist breaks bread with fellow Mindpod member Krishna Das. Topics explored include suffering, the search for freedom, accepting Grace in our lives, and the consequences of self-fulfilling prophecy.

(Buddhist and Meditation Teacher) One of my favorite contemporary teachers of the dharma, Ethan is a senior teacher at Shambhala, founder of the Interdependence Project, and author of several books (One City, and Your Emoticons Won't Save You). His most recent book, The Road Home, just came out. We sat down at the Shambhala Center on 22nd & 7th to discuss the state of Buddhism within the practical world of today. Today's discussion includes: Shambhala, today, explained Cleaning up your act Looking at how we could use our spiritual practice in our lives Spritual Materialism  Consciousness is your home Being vulnerable Skillfully working with your mess A short discussion about interdependence Scientific Materialism, Consciousness and Buddhism Religion without blind faith  Keeping it real with new voices in Buddhism Self promoting authentically by cultivating your attention  Visit Ethan at his site, Ethan Nichtern.com. Purchase his book on Amazon.  Visit my friends at MindPodNetwork for more podcasts from teachers including Ram Dass, Jack Kornfield, MindRolling, Sharon Salzberg, Tara Brach, Krishna Das, Lama Surya Das, and Chris Grosso.  Subscribe on iTunes. Come to my site, join the discussion, check out the art, and reach out to me: StudioDonovan.com. Remember to sign up for emails to get special offers! you cn also follow along on social media:  Instagram Twitter Tumblr Facebook

Drawing on his punk rock roots and question-everything mindset, Grosso will offer us a collection of stories and musings about his meandering journey of self-inquiry, recovery, and acceptance.

A wonderful conversation with author and Indie Spiritualist Chris Grosso about his new book and much more.

Chris Grosso says, "I'm not a yogi from the Himalayas, a preacher from the pulpit, or a guru with dollar signs in my eyes. The truth is, as a result of years of heavy drug and alcohol addiction, I've been to some extremely dark places that resulted in a literal life-or-death search for something more." Join us for this conversation with the Indie Spiritualist. 

This week we talk to Chris Grosso Chris Grosso is an author, independent culturist, spiritual aspirant, recovering addict, speaker, and professor with en*theos Academy. He writes for Origin magazine, Mantra Yoga + Health magazine and created the popular hub for all things alternative, independent, and spiritual with TheIndieSpiritualist.com. Chris continues the exploration with his debut book titled The Indie Spiritualist.   In This Interview Chris and I Discuss... The One You Feed parable. How asking is the best way to get a yes. Having Danny Trejo pointing a steak knife at him.  What the word spiritual means. Don't believe things on faith, try them out for yourself. Eddie Van Halen solo and Chris's mystical experience. How spiritual experience can happen anywhere, it does not have to be a "sacred" place. Chris Forbes and his love of Air Supply. No mud, no lotus. Becoming great because of our pain. Hiding from pain with drugs and alcohol. How his parents were his first teacher of compassion. Johnny Cash, punk rock, and hard-core music. Chris Grosso Links The Indie Spiritualist Chris Grosso on Twitter Chris Grosso on Facebook Buy The Indie Spiritualist Book Some of our most popular interviews that you might also enjoy: Kino MacGregor Strand of Oaks Mike Scott of the Waterboys Todd Henry- author of Die Empty Randy Scott Hyde See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Grosso is an independent culturist, freelance writer, spiritual aspirant, recovering addict, and musician who serves as spiritual director for the interfaith center – The Sanctuary at Shepardfields. He writes for Huffington Post, Rebelle Society, ORIGIN magazine, Mantra Yoga + … Continue reading →

Join us as we Broadcast LIve Wednesday at 11:11 am PT/1:11 pm CT/2:11 pm ET After years of heavy addiction, Chris Grosso found himself literally on his knees, utterly lost and broken. Grasping for life, Grosso needed to find a new path, one that went beyond conventional religious or spiritual doctrine—one free of bullshit. Blazing his own path, Grosso discovered that spirituality is not something that only happens on meditation cushions or yoga mats, in sanghas, churches, mosques, temples, or synagogues. It’s not always peaceful and quiet. It can be as loud as a rock concert. Brutally honest and radically unconventional, Grosso’s collection of stories and musings about his meandering journey of self-inquiry, recovery, and acceptance shows what it means to live a truly authentic life. Set amongst the backdrop of Grosso’s original music (included for download via QR codes in the text), Indie Spiritualist empowers readers to accept themselves as they are, in all their humanity and imperfect perfection. To honor the spiritual truth within themselves, to question the answers regardless of what anyone says. Chris Grosso is a tattooed, independent culturist, freelance writer, spiritual aspirant, recovering addict, musician.He writes for Rebelle Society, Huffington Post, Intent blog,& is a monthly contributor on radio show Where is My Guru?He created the popular hub for all things alternative, independent, and spiritual with www.TheIndieSpiritualist.com A self-taught musician, Chris has been writing, recording, and touring since the mid-1990s playing with independent bands. Tony Hawk Says....Guaranteed to be an edgy hour! Tell Your Friends NOW~!

A great conversation with Chris Grosso, author of Indie Spiritualist about those "Aha!" moments.

Why is spirituality always about light, rainbows, and unicorns, which is so counter to our real experience? Join us as we talk to Chris Grosso who is a tattooed, punk/grunge, skateboarding, freelance musician and writer and hear how he found himself through travelling a spiritual path filled with years of addiction, rehab, and recovery. Learn more about addictions, get some advice from someone who has traveled the path on dealing with a drug or alcohol addiction, and gain compassion for a disease that 1 in 10 people suffer with.This show is broadcast live on W4WN Radio – The Women 4 Women Network (www.w4wn.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

VICE MUNCHIES and TATTOO AGE impresario and international bon vivant CHRIS GROSSO chops it up at the compound....ENJOY!

The Indie Spiritualist, Chris Grosso, is our refreshing guest, and he takes us out of the deep darkness of addiction into the high light shining from the transmission of heart, via his own epiphanies with everyone from Eddie van Halen through to Trungpa Rinpoche. “Life is beautiful and disgusting both” Chris says and urges us to love all of it…