Podcasts about Zen

In this Teisho, given during Summer Sesshin July 30, 2026, Rinzan Osho examines The Rinzai Roku: Kamben XII. When asked what his students study at his temple, Master Rinzai says that they do not study Zen or Sutras. They simply become Buddhas and Ancestors. 

Send us Fan MailThis week I want to talk about something I've been sitting with: eyes on your plate, eyes on your lane. I was actually writing these notes when I found out Dolly Parton had passed away, and it sent me into a whole reflection on boundaries — how easy it is to want to fix people, to give unsolicited advice about their food, their choices, their life, even when we mean well. I'm sharing what almost thirty years in leadership, addiction training, and life coaching have taught me about staying in your own lane, what real support looks like when someone you love is struggling with serious addiction, and why doing the wellness work for yourself is the most powerful thing you can offer someone else. If you've ever gotten advice nobody asked for — or caught yourself giving it — this episode is for you. Citations●     Dolly Parton tribute reference — NPR, "Dolly Parton, one of country music's most singular performers, has died at age 80" (Aug. 25, 2026) — https://www.npr.org/2026/08/25/nx-s1-3650175/dolly-parton-obituary ●     Additional source — The Washington Post, "Dolly Parton, country music singer and cultural icon, dies at 80" (Aug. 25, 2026) — https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/08/25/dolly-parton-country-music-singer-cultural-icon-dies-80/ ●     Film references mentioned: Steel Magnolias (1989) and 9 to 5 (1980) ●     Weight stigma & unsolicited comments about food or weight — Rebecca M. Puhl, PhD (UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health), "Weight Stigma and Barriers to Effective Obesity Care," Gastroenterology Clinics of North America (2023) — https://uconnruddcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2909/2023/05/2023-Puhl-Gastroeneterol-Clin-N-Am.pdf ●     Supporting research — Levinson, J. A., et al., "A Systematic Review of Weight Stigma and Disordered Eating Cognitions and Behaviors," Body Image (2024) — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11180546/ ●     Psychological reactance (why unsolicited advice can backfire) — Brehm, J. W., A Theory of Psychological Reactance, New York: Academic Press (1966) — https://search.worldcat.org/title/A-theory-of-psychological-reactance/oclc/565301131 ●     Self-determination theory / autonomy and lasting behavior change — Ng, J. Y. Y., Ntoumanis, N., Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., Deci, E. L., Ryan, R. M., Duda, J. L., & Williams, G. C., "Self-Determination Theory Applied to Health Contexts: A Meta-Analysis," Perspectives on Psychological Science (2012) — https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1745691612447309 ●     Closing vignette ("the two monks and the river") — traditionally titled "Muddy Road," attributed to Zen teachers Tanzan and Ekido, retold in Paul Reps & Nyogen Senzaki, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings (1957) — https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/488121-14-muddy-road-tanzan-and-ekido-were-once-traveling-togetherLet's go, let's get it done.Get more information at: http://projectweightloss.org

Contrairement à la pensée occidentale traditionnelle, le Zen soutient que la réalité ne peut pas être pleinement comprise avec des concepts et des raisonnements. À l'aide d'exemples simples, cet épisode propose de vous initier à la philosophie du Zen. Une philosophie qui utilise le langage comme une arme contre le langage lui-même. Et qui supprime le décalage entre la pensée et l'action pour habiter pleinement l'instant présent.➔ Regardez la version vidéo de cet épisode : https://youtu.be/Dd0Ozn4Y1ds➔ Rejoignez-moi sur Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/ParoledephilosopheMembre du Label Tout Savoir. Régies publicitaires : PodK et Ketil Media.Pour toute demande de partenariat, écrire à : partenariat@podk.fr_____________Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Your strong-willed child is not “too much,” but the daily arguments can absolutely wear you down. If you've ever wished for headphones to stay calm, duct tape to stop the backtalk, or a remote to fast-forward the meltdown, you're going to feel seen here. I'm Flora McCormick, licensed therapist and parenting coach, and I'm sharing three practical tools that help us keep boundaries without wrecking the relationship.  We start with the “headphones of Zen,” which is really a mindset shift: the iceberg of behavior. When we look beneath the surface, we often find a kid who needs autonomy and control and who downshifts into dysregulation fast. That reframes “defiance” into a nervous system problem we can respond to with curiosity, empathy, and better emotional regulation, while still holding the line.  Then we get real about the “duct tape” tool: it goes on us. It takes two people to argue, and we are the ones with the fully developed prefrontal cortex. I'll walk you through how talking 90% less can lead to a 90% better outcome, plus how to use “name it to tame it” so your child feels understood without you getting pulled into defending, explaining, or debating.  Finally, we use the “magic remote” approach for the most escalated moments: keep the boundary, stop the power struggle, and offer either a silent hug or space to calm down. If you want fewer blowups, fewer regrets, and more connection with your strong-willed kid, press play. Subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review so more parents can find this support.✨Want more?  ✨JOIN me in Inner Circle: https://courses.sustainableparenting.com/bundles/sustainable-parenting-inner-circle 

On this solo episode of Zen and the Art of Real Estate Investing, Jonathan Greene explores why wealth, financial freedom, and time freedom mean something different for every person. He explains why there is no universal number that defines financial freedom and how factors like where you live, how you were raised, your lifestyle, your family, and your personal goals all shape what enough looks like. Jonathan breaks down the difference between being rich, being wealthy, and being financially free, emphasizing that someone can achieve financial freedom without being wealthy and that accumulating income does not necessarily create lasting wealth. He also examines how family history and early experiences with money can influence the way people think about saving, spending, risk, and building wealth. The episode also looks at the true cost of financial independence. Jonathan discusses how housing costs, lifestyle choices, family responsibilities, taxes, healthcare, and spending habits can dramatically change the amount of money someone needs to feel financially secure. He explains why increasing your income and acquiring assets that generate income over time can be more powerful than simply cutting expenses. Jonathan also challenges the popular FIRE movement and the idea that everyone should aim to retire as early as possible. He argues that financial freedom and time freedom are not necessarily the same thing, especially because many people actually enjoy working, building businesses, having structure, and staying productive. Instead of copying someone else's definition of freedom, he encourages listeners to determine what enough means for them. Finally, Jonathan discusses comparison, FOMO, compound interest, and the importance of creating financial habits that work for your own life. He explains why comparing your financial journey to someone else's can lead you away from your own goals and why building wealth requires saving, putting money to work, and thinking long-term. In this episode, you will hear: Why wealth, financial freedom, and time freedom are different concepts How your location, lifestyle, family, and upbringing shape your financial goals Why Jonathan challenges the FIRE movement and the idea of retiring extremely early How defining what "enough" means can change the way you approach wealth building Why saving, compound interest, reducing comparison, and creating financial mindfulness are essential to building lasting wealth Follow and Review If you enjoy the show, please follow Zen and the Art of Real Estate Investing on Apple Podcasts and leave a rating and review. It helps other listeners discover the show and supports its continued growth. Supporting Resources Connect with Jonathan: Podcast - www.zenandtheartofrealestateinvesting.com YouTube - www.youtube.com/JonathanGreenere Instagram - www.instagram.com/zenrealestateinvesting Instagram - www.instagram.com/trustgreene Bigger Pockets - www.biggerpockets.com/users/TrustGreene Facebook - www.facebook.com/zenandtheartofrealestateinvesting Jonathan's Hub Site - www.trustgreene.com Brokerage - https://www.streamlined.properties This episode was produced by Outlier Audio.

Dr. Felecia Froe made her first real estate investment years before she even knew she was an investor. She was five years into her medical practice when it hit her that this wasn't the last thing she'd ever do. In this ICYMI crossover from Zen and the Art of Real Estate Investing, she tells host Jonathan Greene how an office building she bought with fellow women physicians turned out to be that first deal, though she didn't realize it until years later. From there she built fast, lost hard in 2008, and rebuilt into Money With Mission, a community that helps professional women use real estate as a financial escape hatch from bad jobs and bad relationships.    Felecia gets specific about what "social impact investing" actually means, walks through her food desert grocery store project in Tulsa, and breaks down her own portfolio, from assisted living homes to water tech startups. She closes with the advice she wishes someone had given her before 2008: get educated, find mentors, and never go it alone.    00:00 - Meet Dr. Felecia Froe and What Social Impact Investing Really Means 04:11 - An Accidental Start: From Medical Practice to First Deal 12:09 - Real Estate as a Financial Escape Hatch 19:46 - Solving Food Deserts and Rethinking Affordable Housing 26:22 - A Diversified Portfolio and the Power of Community 36:45 - Lessons From 2008 and Advice for the Next Generation You've worked hard to build your career. Now let's build wealth that outlives it. You were born to build more than just wealth. You were born to lead, inspire, and rise. At Wealth B-Hers, we're redefining what it means to be financially fearless. Join a movement of bold women investing with intention, building legacies, and writing their own money rules here - moneywithmission.com/wealth-b-hers/    Get Your Free Guide: https://moneywithmission.co/three-questions-every-woman-should-ask-before-she-invests   Connect with Money Tales Podcast Website: https://www.trustgreene.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-greene-re/?isSelfProfile=false Original Podcast: https://youtu.be/TkDXJSi8cGY   Key Quotes: "You don't have to make mistakes on your own. You can use somebody else's mistakes." - Dr. Felecia Froe   "This is not a by yourself game at all." - Dr. Felecia Froe

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Experiences with stress, depression, and anxiety are often paired with feelings of not measuring up or that you're not enough. However, feeling that you're lacking in some way is not limited to a mental health diagnosis; these feelings are actually very common and, unfortunately, they make our lives smaller. We're working on our Element of Enoughness in this episode, identifying Enoughness as an inner knowing that you are enough just as you are, with acceptance of where you are at this moment, without giving up on where you're headed. We'll start by identifying some obstacles to that knowing through two powerful research frameworks. The first is Dr. Jennifer Crocker's "contingencies of self-worth." This is the idea that we stake our self-esteem more heavily on certain domains than others, and when we do, our worth rises and falls with our performance in those areas.   The second framework is Drs. Paul Hewitt and Gordon Flett's three typologies of perfectionism: self-oriented (impossible standards for yourself), other-oriented (impossible standards for others), and socially-prescribed (believing others are demanding your perfection). Henry also names the common root for our feelings of not being enough: the fundamental fear of not belonging.  This is the start of our series on Enoughness, so be sure to stick with us for the next episodes as we talk about and gain skills related to having enough, doing enough, knowing enough, and being enough.   About: The Joy Lab Podcast is an Ambie-nominated podcast that blends science and soul to help you cope better with stress, anxiety, and depression. It's hosted by integrative psychiatrist Dr. Henry Emmons and holistic mental health researcher Dr. Aimee Prasek. The podcast is best paired with the Joy Lab App.   Bonus: spread some joy and keep this podcast ad-free by donating (Joy Lab is powered by the nonprofit Pathways North and your donations are tax-deductible).   Full transcript here   Sources and Notes for Our Element of Enoughness: Related Joy Lab Episodes:    Ep. 268: Humility Can Be Stressful... But Worth It for Mental Health  Ep. 273: How to Build Confidence (When You Don't Feel Confident Yet)  Bellam, S., Curran, T., Hill, A. P., & Stoeber, J. (2025). Perfectionism and work performance: A meta-analysis. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12570 Carver, C. S., Lawrence, J. W., & Scheier, M. F. (1999). Self-discrepancies and affect: Incorporating the role of feared selves. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167299025007002  Crocker, J., & Park, L. E. (2004). The costly pursuit of self-esteem. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.131.3.392  Crocker, J., & Park, L. E. (2004). Reaping the benefits of pursuing self-esteem without the costs? Reply to Schmuck and Sheldon (2004), Sheldon et al. (2004), Pyszczynski et al. (2004), and Kernis (2004). https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.130.3.430 Crocker, J., Karpinski, A., Quinn, D. M., & Chase, S. K. (2003). When grades determine self-worth: Consequences of contingent self-worth for male and female engineering and psychology majors. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.85.3.507 Crocker, J., & Wolfe, C. T. (2001). Contingencies of self-worth. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.108.3.593 Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2004). Avoiding death or engaging life as accounts of meaning and culture: Comment on Pyszczynski et al. (2004). https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.130.3.473 Freudenberger, H. J. (1974). Staff burn-out. Journal of Social Issues, 30(1), 159–165. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1974.tb00706.x  Harari, D., Swider, B. W., Bujold Steed, L., & Breidenthal, A. P. (2018). Is perfect good? A meta-analysis of perfectionism in the workplace. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000324 Hewitt, P. L., & Flett, G. L. (1991). Perfectionism in the self and social contexts: Conceptualization, assessment, and association with psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.60.3.456 Higgins, E. T. (1987). Self-discrepancy: A theory relating self and affect. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.94.3.319 Joseph, S., & Linley, P. A. (2005). Positive adjustment to threatening events: An organismic valuing theory of growth through adversity. https://doi.org/10.1037/1089-2680.9.3.262 Kernis, M. H. (2005). Measuring self-esteem in context: The importance of stability of self-esteem in psychological functioning. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2005.00359.x Kirkpatrick, L. A., & Ellis, B. J. (2001). An evolutionary-psychological approach to self-esteem: Multiple domains and multiple functions. In G. J. O. Fletcher & M. S. Clark (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of social psychology: Interpersonal processes (pp. 411–436). Blackwell. Leary, M. R. (2000). Sociometer theory and the pursuit of relational value: Getting to the root of self-esteem. https://doi.org/10.1080/14792772043000045  Maslach, C. (1981). The measurement of experienced burnout. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.4030020205   Park, L. E., & Crocker, J. (2005). Attachment styles and contingencies of self-worth. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167205277030 Pyszczynski, T., Greenberg, J., Solomon, S., Arndt, J., & Schimel, J. (2004). Why do people need self-esteem? https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.130.3.435 Schaufeli, W. B., Leiter, M. P., & Maslach, C. (2009). Burnout: 35 years of research and practice. https://doi.org/10.1108/13620430910966406    Questions this episode was made for: Q: What does "you are enough" actually mean? Isn't that just an excuse to stop growing? A: Enoughness, as Joy Lab defines it, is the inner knowing that you are enough just as you are, with acceptance of where you are, without giving up on where you're headed. Enoughness is distinct from self-esteem (which rises and falls with performance) and is closer to unconditional self-worth; this episode explains the distinction and why believing you are enough actually makes you more open to genuine growth, not less.   Q: Why do I feel so driven to prove myself even when I know it's exhausting and not working? A: That's the contingencies of self-worth in action. When we stake our self-esteem on certain domains, we strive or perform not to learn or grow but to prove our worth; this episode explains the mechanism, its real costs, and why loosening those contingencies is not giving up on goals but can help free yourself from letting outcomes dictate your value.    Key moments: [00:00] Welcome to the brand new Element of Enoughness  [00:30] Opening fact: you are enough — and the Zen teaching Henry loves: "You're perfect as you are, and you could use a little improvement"  [01:00] Aimee's working definition: Enoughness is the inner knowing that you are enough just as you are, with acceptance of where you are, without giving up on where you're headed  [01:30] Contentment spiked with hope — Enoughness is not a ceiling, it's a foundation  [02:00] Why Enoughness is hard to define operationally — but viscerally familiar; we know what having it and lacking it feels like  [03:00] Henry: this topic lives in the conversation around scarcity and abundance — how much is enough is a question we don't give enough thought to  [03:30] Most of us carry on as though we don't have or aren't enough — striving, or feeling bad for what we think we lack  [04:00] The rare person who feels comfortable in their own skin: receives praise but doesn't need it — and stands out for it  [04:30] Four dimensions to explore: having enough, doing enough, knowing enough, and being enough  [06:00] Two key frameworks for the month: contingencies of self-worth (Dr. Jennifer Crocker) and typologies of perfectionism (Drs. Hewitt and Flett) [06:30] Contingencies of self-worth: we don't stake self-esteem equally on everything — certain domains carry more of our worth  [07:00] Three key claims: contingencies motivate where we put attention and effort; they influence how we react in those domains; they can lead to fragile self-esteem linked to higher depression and anxiety  [07:30] Contingencies turn "I feel good about myself" into "I feel good about myself if..."  [08:00] Crocker's college student study: students who tied self-worth to academic performance studied more hours — but extra studying did NOT predict a higher GPA  [08:30] They were studying to prove worth, not to learn — and reported more conflict, more academic struggle, more dissatisfaction by end of freshman year  [09:30] Key takeaway: you can be motivated to do well without attaching self-worth to the outcome — that's actually the more effective route  [10:00] Loosening contingencies isn't surrendering goals — it's refusing to let outcomes or others' judgments dictate your value  [10:30] Henry: inadequacy is closer to the truth than insecurity — the belief that we're not enough permeates almost everything  [11:00] Buddhist psychology: grasping — endless grasping — as the manifestation of not-enoughness  [11:30] No matter how much we get of the thing we think will fill us up, it doesn't last — this tragic gap drives anxiety and depression  [12:30] Aimee: feeling inadequate shakes our sense of security and safety — evolutionary roots, we need the group to survive  [13:00] Important distinction: self-esteem (rises and falls with performance), fragile self-esteem (staked on outcomes we grasp onto), and self-worth (intrinsic, not performance-dependent)  [14:00] Baumeister's challenge to the self-esteem movement of the '80s and '90s — hollow self-esteem building is at best unsubstantiated, potentially harmful  [14:30] Baumeister and Vohs, "Narcissism as Addiction to Esteem": chasing self-esteem through reality-detached praise creates a dopamine-like loop — feels good briefly, drops quickly, tolerance builds, need more and more  [15:30] The addiction pattern: constantly chasing the next hollow boost, convinced it'll finally hold — and it never does [16:30] Henry: why do we give our lifeblood chasing what we know deep down won't give us what we want?  [17:00] The fundamental human drive: to belong — to be seen, appreciated, cared about — once basic biological needs are met  [17:30] The tension: deep need to belong vs. the illusion that we are separate and must go it alone  [18:00] Neuroscience of belonging: newly born neurons immediately extend to connect with others — if insufficiently connected, they shrivel and die; same for us  [19:00] Introduction of perfectionism typologies from Drs. Paul Hewitt and Gordon Flett  [19:30] Type 1 — Self-oriented: punishing standards for yourself, intense drive to be perfect and avoid failure  [19:45] Type 2 — Other-oriented: same rigid standards applied to others — hard on relationships, linked to more loneliness  [20:00] Type 3 — Socially-prescribed: believing others are demanding your perfection and will judge you if you fail — most linked to depression, hopelessness, and possibly suicidal ideation  [21:00] Henry: socially-prescribed perfectionism feels like the loneliest of the three — you're playing by rules you didn't design, trapped in a system you didn't agree to  [21:30] All three stem from the same root: the fundamental fear of not being enough, of not belonging  [22:00] Self-oriented: "If I'm not perfect, I'm not worthy of belonging" — attacking yourself to earn your own permission to exist  [22:30] Other-oriented: projecting the fear outward — demanding others meet standards because that's what you believe it takes to matter  [23:00] Socially-prescribed: the loneliest — responding to what you believe the world demands, even though that belief deserves to be questioned  [23:30] Most of us carry all three — when we can name these patterns, we have a choice; we can loosen the grip  [24:00] Aimee: all of these types come from a good place — wanting to matter, wanting others to matter — it's driven by a desire for connection  [25:00] Pushback addressed: will believing you're enough make you lazy, entitled, or narcissistic? No — Enoughness is not the same as self-esteem  [25:30] Enoughness is a neutral, solid ground — you can feel bad about a mistake and still feel like enough as a person  [26:00] When you feel like enough: you can take criticism without your value collapsing; apologize without self-destruction; make mistakes and still belong  [27:00] Joy Lab Program Experiment for Enoughness — head to JoyLab.coach  [27:30] This is a collective experiment — to feel like enough, we have to offer that to others  [28:00] Closing wisdom from Lao-Tzu: "When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you."   If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!    Please remember that this content is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice and is not a replacement for advice and treatment from a medical professional. 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This episode we continue with the reign of Uno no Sarara, aka Jito Tenno, and look at records of the various foreigners and immigrants who came to the archipelago. This includes immigrants from the Korean peninsula as well as those foreigners with whom Yamato shared the Central Land of the Reed Plains--like the Hayato and the Emishi. We also take a look at the Yamato court's widening relationship with and use of Buddhism. Along the way we take a look at a few different incidents and reports, including omens, hunting and fishing restrictions, and a story of sweet wine that reportedly cured the worst of diseases. For more check out the podcast website: https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-155 (blogpost goes live 1 Sep 2026) Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua and this is episode 155: Immigrants, Priests, and Sweet Wine The three priests and their companions could see the distinctive pagoda from a distance away.   It stood several stories tall, and the bells at the eave ends glinted in the morning light. To their right, a tall, conical peak stood out from the other mountains, much like a miniature Mt. Fuji.  From there, the mountains swept down to the flat plain, which then ended at the edge of the giant body of water known as Lake Biwa.  The pagoda rose up between the two, its uppermost spire jutting upwards towards the sky.  Around it, much of the flat area had been carved into rectangular rice paddies, with paths and thatched roof buildings around—most of them low to the ground, distinctive of the muro style still prominent amongst most of the common people.  As such, though it didn't come anywhere near the grandeur of the temples in the capital, even a provincial temple stood out with its tiled roof and the brightly colored, red, white, and green walls and windows.  As they approached, the group saw a crowd of people by the gates.  Many of them seemed ill and infirm.  They had come to be healed by the waters of the temple—the same healing waters that had brought these priests all the way from the capital to investigate. We are covering a bunch of different things from the reign of Uno no Sarara, from 686 to 697.  This episode we take a journey through a few different topics.  Mostly we are talking about foreigners—both those from overseas and the ones that Yamato shared the archipelago with—and with Buddhism and how the court used this continental religion that had already become a key organ of the Yamato State. To start with, let's talk about immigrants.  Immigration to the archipelago by this point isn't anything new—and I'm not just talking about the groups that came over and kickstarted the Yayoi culture and the eventual mounded tomb period that we know as the Kofun era.  There were numerous ethno-linguistic groups that fell under Yamato's hegemony, and evidence of active migration. Of the various groups on the archipelago, there appear to be several categories.  For instance, we have groups that are clearly external immigrants, from outside of the archipelago  and then we have those groups that appear to be considered indigenous, at least by Yamato's thinking.. Some of this can be seen in how they are treated, discussed, and even assimilated.  Those external, while often presented as being in a tribute status, are still treated differently from those on the archipelago, where the land borders of Yamato would abut against the territories of local ethnic groups.  This probably also had something to do with the claim that the Heavenly Grandchild and their descendants, the current Tennou, were presumably given sovereignty over the entire Land of the Central Reed Plains, aka the Japanese archipelago. External immigrants included people from Silla, and, even though the kingdoms themselves had fallen and been absorbed by Silla, Gogureyo and Baekje.  This last one might be a bit surprising if we think about it in modern terms where we tend to think in terms of citizenship and nationality first and foremost.  So we think of someone as being American, French, or Japanese based on the country they came from.  But that American might be Dine—aka Navaho—or they could identify as Cajun or their parents might have been immigrants from somewhere else and they are the first generation born in the US.  That doesn't mean they aren't American, but "American" is only part of their identity.  Likewise that Japanese person could be Ainu, Ryukyuan, or even one of the Bonin islanders.  That is to say they may be from an ethno-linguistic group other than the majority ethnic group in that nation. In the same vein, while it's true that Baekje had been conquered by Silla, that doesn't mean that the Baekje people were suddenly erased and that the people suddenly changed their lifestyles or language overnight.  And so, while they may have been subjects of the Silla kingdom, there were still Baekje people both in Silla and in the archipelago.  And as late as 690, decades after it was conquered, we see that Baekje immigrants were arriving in Japan. Similarly, we see Goguryeo immigrants who came over in 687, three years earlier, even though that kingdom no longer existed.  They were settled in Hitachi, where they were given lands, received an allowance of grain to help tide them over, and then allowed to grow their community and work, as long as they did so peacefully, under the care of the local Yamato officials. And it isn't difficult to see why people of Baekje and Goguryeo might come to the archipelago.  Their other options were to head to the Great Tang, which had been the other conquering force, or possibly to go find refuge with various Tungusic ethnic groups around the Amur river area, outside of Tang control. What actually strikes me as a bit more surprising, to be honest, is the immigration of people from Silla.  After all, Silla was ascendant, was it not?  They had just unified the peninsula and this seems like it would have been a great time to be team Silla, and yet we see people leaving to come to Yamato. For instance, in 687 we see 14 immigrants from Silla settled in Shimotsuke.  22 more were presented by the Dazai-Sochi and settled in the land of Musashi.  In 689 and then in 690 we see more Silla immigrants settled in both places.  We also had 50 people come over with Buddhist priests, though we don't know where they ended up settling.  So both Musashi and Shimotsuke were being settled with immigrants from Silla.  Musashi, if you didn't already know, is the name for the area that would largely become the Tokyo metropolis in modern times.  Shimotsuke was the land adjoining it to the northeast.  In all likelihood, all of these people were probably being located to areas near each other, even though they are mentioned as being in different provinces.  That may have been more of an administrative distinction.  That also seems to indicate that they were likely being relocated to border areas where there weren't already large populations, probably because that is where there was open land that wasn't already claimed.  We see something similar with the court sending the people from Goguryeo all the way to Hitachi. It does make me wonder what must have happened for someone to choose to come to the Japanese archipelago from Silla to be sent all the way to the far end of Yamato to work the land.  In previous centuries I would have assumed that these were captives brought back from raids against the mainland, but by all accounts—and the fact that we continue to have relatively cordial diplomatic relations between Yamato and Silla—it appears that Yamato wasn't sending raids and that these individuals were likely coming willingly.  Perhaps they were getting crowded out somewhere in Silla, and had heard of new opportunities.  Or perhaps they had done something to make them persona-non-grata, as they say, back in their home country.   Whatever the reason, there were a number of people coming over, who would have also brought their cultural and technological knowledge along with them.  And many of them were being settled in the far eastern end of Honshu—though that may be something for another time. The indigenous category includes not only the Wa people of Yamato, but also the Hayato and the Emishi.  Of these we don't have a lot of information about who they were or what languages they spoke. For the Hayato we only have a few possible words of their language, and various other things that we know from Yamato's court records.  We know that the Yamato officials needed interpreters to speak with the Hayato.  There are those that theorize that the Hayato language had evolved from one of the languages spoken during the Jomon era—which doesn't give us much to go on other than the idea that it may not have been a Japonic language.  Attempts have been made to connect the Hayato with the unique burial features and other material artifacts of southern Kyushu, and then to the previous ethnic group, known as the Kumaso—or possibly the Kuma and So—but so far there are theories but no hard and fast connections. For example, we know that the Hayato were said to be from Ata and Ohosumi, according to the records of the court, but they also only show up in the late 7th century.  Prior to that we have stories of the Kumaso, and even people called Tsuchigumo.  Were those previous names for the ancestors of the Hayato?  Or were the Hayato encountered later, as Yamato's borders expanded, having perhaps encompassed the lands of the Kumaso and now running into the Hayato?  The fact that they show up so late in the narrative is particularly interesting, as they really only get mentioned in the reign of Ohoama and then Uno no Sarara—though they would be particularly active in the years to come, when the Nihon Shoki was being compiled.  For example, we know that the Hayato were brought into the court system, and also that they resisted, with numerous rebellions in the 8th century, though at this early point, things seemed to be going well. So Hayato were coming to the court, likely seeing some benefit in their association with Yamato.  They are shown coming in fairly significant numbers as well. Meanwhile, we have the ongoing assimilation of the Emishi.  Unlike the Hayato, the Emishi have shown up in the narrative since the legendary period.  We've talked about them quite a bit in various episodes.  Even within the Emishi, the Emishi of Koshi are differentiated from the Emishi further north in Tohoku.  Linguistically, a lot of place names in Tohoku and eastern Honshu have been compared to the Ainu language, with suspicions that a related language was in use in eastern and northeastern Japan for some time.  Tohoku is also the area that most resisted Yayoi culture, based on archaeological finds.  We know that wet rice paddy agriculture also made early in-roads into Tohoku, but then retreated much farther south, perhaps because it wasn't as suitable for the colder climate at that time.  Northern material culture continued to exhibit signs of evolution from the previous Jomon era, with Hokkaido continuing a tradition that we know as the Epi-Jomon, which we first talked about back in episode 50, and several times since then as well..  There were some mounded tombs—even some keyhole shaped tombs around Sendai and Osaki, in modern Miyagi prefecture—but nothing comparable to the large numbers of tombs found in areas further to the south. The Yamato people had had regular encounters with people called "Emishi" since at least the time of Kashikiya Hime, aka Suiko Tenno.  During the time that Takara Hime was on the throne a second time, there were massive military operations, first against the Emishi, and then supporting them against the Mishihase people in what appears to have been Hokkaido.  The Emishi were further brought under the Yamato court and into the court rank system, and we see rank handed out to various members of the group.  Then, in the reign of Uno no Sarara, we start to see further cultural assimilation in the form of the spread of Buddhism. In 689, we are told of Shiriko, an "Emishi of Kikafu, in Ukitamu district, in Michinoku".   This possibly refers to Okitama no Kori, a district in modern Yamagata Prefecture.  Shiriko had two sons, Maro and Kanawori, who requested permission to shave their hair and become Buddhist priests.  Perhaps related to this, about twenty days before, about 231 Emishi men and women had attended a banquet under the tsuki tree by Asukadera, where they were given gifts and rank.  Did that inspire them to want to learn more about this "Buddhism" thing? Either way, Uno no Sarara agreed.  In the edict she commented that Maro and his brother were both refined and modest, despite their youth, and that they were eating vegetarian dishes and keeping the Buddhist precepts.  So presumably this wasn't a last minute decision on their part, though we should probably take the wording in the edict with at least a grain of salt, given their purpose. Only six days later we see that the court is presenting a load of gifts to an Emishi monk named Doushin.  Doushin is said to have been a Koshi Emishi, rather than the Kitafu Emishi of Michinoku.  The court granted him a Buddhist statue, a purification flag, a wine cup, a begging bowl, five-colored silk cloth, thirteen pounds of flossed silk, 10 bolts of regular cloth, ten hoes, and a saddle. Six months later there is another priest:  Jitoku, an Emishi of Michinoku, who is granted a gold-copper image of Yakushi Buddha and a gold-copper image of Kanzeon—or Kannon—Boddhisatva, as well as a bell, a begging bowl, a precious curtain, an incense burner, and a banner. What this looks like, to me, is the court promoting Buddhism among the Emishi.  This feels similar to the way that priests also spread the worship of Mt. Miwa or other kami.  While Buddhism was technically universal, the Court had ensured that they had a hand on the center of Buddhist teaching, at least early on.  Indeed, at the same time that Uno no Sarara was building up the Jingikan and bolstering the worship of Amaterasu at Ise Grand Shrine, she and the court were also leveraging Buddhism and Buddhist concepts in a variety of ways.  She put it in an edict to the ministers in 691.  She noted that they had erected Buddhist Halls and Sutra repositories, and they practiced the six monthly fasts.  The sovereigns would occasionally send Ohotoneri to inquire after the welfare of priests.  As such, they should continue to uphold the Buddhsit Faith with zealous hearts. Upholding the faith wasn't just about words.  There were actual financial contributions.  Besides the national temples, there were gifts made, such as those to the Emishi priests, mentioned earlier.  In 692, Kwansei was presented silk and cloth and commended for making white lead, which was a popular ingredient for cosmetics.  Later that year, Yamada no Mikata was granted rank, and the fact that he had gone to Silla to study as a priest is mentioned in conjunction with that, though apparently he either didn't take orders or had gone back to being a lay person.   And in 693 they gave the priest, Hokyo, 3 chou worth or rice-land.  And in 696 there were 30 houses granted as a sustenance-fief to Bendou, a priest of Daikandaiji. And that tells us the kinds of resources the State was putting towards it, but what were they using Buddhism for?  What purpose did it serve the State, or was it purely altruistic?  A big part of it, as we have discussed in the past, was through the concept of karma and merit.  The court seems to have been making a variety of decisions that look to be efforts to increase the State's merit.  This is a continuation of things we saw in Ohoama's reign, along with some new moves.  For instance, we have previously mentioned in passing how the court was giving alms to the elderly and infirm, at least in the capital, and we see a lot more amnesties—though often qualified amnesties, with various crimes excluded. Then there were things like the edict of 689, in which Hunting and Fishing were prohibited in the Sea of Muko in the province of Settsu for a distance of 1000 paces, and for 20,000 shiro on the plain of Nagino in the district of Ate in the province of Kii, and for 20,000 shiro on the plains of Mino in the district and province of Iga.  The edict also attached keepers to these places in the same way as the Sea of Takashi in the district of Ohotori in the province of Kawachi.  Right off the bat we know a few things.  First off, this is the first time we've seen an edict like this, and yet the Chronicles say that this is similar to the way that "Keepers" were attached to the Sea of Takashi in Ohotori district.  The term used for "Keepers" appears to be "shugo", which would later be used for military governors in the Kamakura period, which would eventually become the shugo daimyo and then the Sengoku daimyo—our namesake.  But in this case it appears that "shugo" is just a literal translation of a "protector".  In front of that is the word "oku", meaning to keep or preserve.  Hence Aston's translation of these people as "keepers".  What is not clear to me is whether this is a reference to something that happened earlier, and just didn't get recorded, or if the Chroniclers are talking about a later practice which the audience for the Nihon Shoki would have been familiar with.  The Takashi sea would refer to the Seto Inland Sea just off the coast of Takashi, which was in Kawachi, south of modern Osaka.    The other places we see named are the Sea of Muko, in Settsu, which would have been north and west from modern Osaka, as well as Nagino in Kii and Mino in Iga. Nagino's location is not quite certain.  Ate is likely Arida, and Nagino may be what was eventually Nago, now thought to be near or including the Hirogawa region of Wakayama.  Later there were be prohibitions on fishining in the areas of Yuasa, Hiro, and Hirogawa, so perhaps there was also a prohibition on hunting on the plains.  This is all on the west side of the Kii peninsula, south of modern Osaka, so still facing the Seto Inland Sea. Iga, however, was on the other side of the peninsula.  Given that it was in Iga district of the land of Iga, this prohibition would definitely be about hunting, and not fishing.  It is also interesting to take a look at the measurements involved.  The one clear prohibition on fishing, in the Sea of Muko, is measured in paces while the other two are mentioned as being on the "plains"—though technically it should probably be "Nagi Plain" and "Mi Plain"—and they are measured differently, in something called "shiro".  By the way, I tried to find how big a "shiro" was and I couldn't quite do it. I wonder if the difference there, though, is area versus length:  For the sea of Muko it probably meant the waters directly out from the shore of Muko, and so I imagine that the paces were measure out from a certain point, walking along the shoreline, and then you couldn't go out into the sea in those areas to fish.  For the plains you could have more definitive markers indicating a particular area that was under the prohibition. For another clue to protected areas and distances, we see later that "long-life places" were established throughout the various provinces, each one being 1000 paces.  Aston notes that "long life places" indicated areas where animals couldn't be harmed, and given that they talk about it in terms of "paces" I would assume that means these were probably more prohibitions on fishing. That language also suggests to me that there was some kind of Buddhist reasoning behind it—mercy for the creatures of the land.  It isn't clear how long these prohibitions remained in effect, either.  This may also explain an order just a few days later that a white swallow that was caught in Mike, in the land of Sanuki, should be set free.  Unusually white or albino animals were often caught and presented to the throne as auspicious omens, not always in a live state.  However, Buddhism often teaches that there is merit in releasing animals, and so this feels like it was a way of demonstrating mercy and building merit, while also acknowledging the auspicious omen that accompanied its appearance. Also in this edict is who it is directed to:  Tanaka no Ason no Norimaro, who is named as the "soryo" of Iyo.  We've mentioned this before, in passing; this was a position similar to the Dazai no Sochi.  Effectively, the government official in charge of Iyo was in charge of the entire island of Shikoku.  Unlike the Dazai no Sochi, this position does not seem to have remained for long; instead, Shikoku was divided up into separate provinces and then each province had its own governor. By the way, we've talked about Norimaro before, as well.  He was previously in charge of the mission to Silla, when they went to announce Ohoama's demise, but then ran into a bunch of diplomatic etiquette issues such that they weren't able to deliver the news—or perhaps more appropriately they decided they couldn't deliver the news.  So from representing the court on missions, Norimaro went on to become the government official in Iyo overseeing all of Shikoku.  A couple of years later he would show up again, this time sending gold and silver that had apparently been found at Mt. Mima in Uwa district—modern Uwajima.  Unfortunately, after that he disappears from the narrative, and the position seems to end with him. Speaking of animals—the presentation of auspicious plants animals continued, and was often wrapped up with amnesties and similar such things.  The year 692 seems to have been of particular significance.  There we see the Governor of Sagami presenting a pair of fledgling red crows that had been caught in Miura.  Later we see that the governor, the vice governor, and the individual who had caught the crows—Kashima no Omi no Kusu—were gifted with rank and presents, while Miura district had its taxes and forced labor remitted for a period of three years. Later that same year, the Governor of Ise presented auspicious stalks of rice while the Governor of Echizen, that is to say the western part of Koshi closest to the capital, presented a white moth.  The stalks of rice don't seem to have warranted much, but the white moth, which presumably was not just a moth that is naturally white, was apparently considered something noteworthy.  We are told that it was caught on the shore at Uragami, in the district of Tsuruga.  As such, the Fief of the Kebi no Kami—the kami of Kebi, or at least his shrine—was increased by 20 houses.  Unfortunately, we have a lacuna or gap in the text so we don't get everything else.  This is a good reminder that sometimes we don't have anything because it wasn't written down, and sometimes because accidents happen.  Either something doesn't get transcribed properly or something gets damaged early on and there aren't enough copies for it to propagate from another source. Our next omens come in 694—the same year that the Fujiwara Palace was occupied.  We are told that a white copper-pheasant was presented by Sarara in Kawachi.  So the Governor and Vice-Governor of the district received promotions, as did the many who had caught it, Osakabe no Miyatsuko no Karakuni.  Four months later, a white bat was found by a man in Araki, in Hida province.  His name was Ohokunibe no Otohi, and he didn't receive a promotion in court rank, but he did get material presents in terms of silk cloth and floss, and, perhaps more importantly, he was exempted from all forced labor for the rest of his life.  Not a bad deal, if you ask me. Now omens were good and all, but omens were hardly active expressions by the government.  When things were happening—like damaging rains—or perhaps not happening—like droughts—people wanted the government to do something.  I know it may be hard for people to believe in this day and age, but many people believed that the government was responsible for all sorts of things that it had little control over.  In this case, that was the weather, and the state could at least prepare by collecting taxes in rice and then providing relief via those same resources.  But that still only did so much.  So when months went by with no rain falling, the state would turn towards ritual.  In some cases that ritual was directed at the kami and the new Jingikan, but in other cases, it fell on Buddhist priests. So, for example, in 688 we are told that there was a drought and the court initiated prayers for rain.  Those prayers were carried out by the priest Douzou.  Douzou was of Baekje extraction, but that didn't concern the court—they just wanted to know that he was effective.  Sure enough, after praying for rain, the clouds opened up and before morning the rain had fallen.  We are told it fell "across the realm", which I'm pretty sure is hyperbole.  It probably fell all across the Nara plains and surrounding areas, which was enough for the court. In 691, they were struck with the opposite problem, which we know because the court issued an edict dated to the 19th day of the 6th month of that year.  Apparently rain had fallen for two straight months.  And while the fifth month rains—the Satsuki-ame—are well-known, this apparently had started back in the 4th month of that year, and now there was a worry that it would start to injure the crops, reducing the annual yield.  The conclusion appears to have been that the country did not have enough merit.  Therefore the ministers and officials were prohibited from the use of strong drink or meat—Aston translates it directly as "animal food".  They were also ordered to compose their hearts and repent of any sins they may have committed.  At the same time, the priests in the temples of the capital and Home provinces were told to recite sutras for five straight days.  We also know that a day later they announced an amnesty for various criminals, as well.  Another act of mercy and hopefully for making merit. And it seems to have worked.  Or one could just say that the natural monsoon rains finally stopped after a particularly heavy season.  Who's to say? In the 5th intercalary month of 692, the rains were again pretty bad.  This time it isn't that they were long, but that it was heavy rain—what Japanese meteorology reports would likely call "Oyu", or Great Rain—which brought with it floods. Unfortunately, while they could pray for rain to start or stop, floods are another matter.  By the time you know the flood has happened it is too late.  And so this is where the government's preparedness came into focus.  Commissioners were sent to visit the districts and provinces.  There they found people affected by the flooding and they were empowered to make loans to provide relief.  Furthermore, they allowed people to access resources that might otherwise have been restricted, allowing them to fish and cut wood in the hills, forests, ponds, and marshes, even if that was normally a prohibited activity, so that they could sustain themselves until they were able to get back on their feet.  At the same time, the Sutra of Golden Light, the Konkwoumyou Sutra, one of the sutras for protecting the state, was to be read aloud in the capital and the Home Provinces.  The Sutra of Golden Light is the one which not only talks about the Shitennou, the four heavenly kings, but also emphasizes that if rulers support and honor the recitation of the sutra, then their kingdoms would be prosperous and peaceful, so what better time to read it than during or just after a disaster? There were other recitations and congregations that were not quite so obviously connected.  In 690, there were discourses in the inner precinct of the palace during the "Vassa", known in Japanese as "Ango" or "Dwelling in Peace".  This comes from the tradition in Buddhism where it is said that the Buddha and his disciples, though normally traveling around the countryside, would come together during the rainy season.  During this time they would talk and share.  It is still practiced in many Theravada schools, where monks will gather in temples during the rainy season.  Of course, as we've discussed, the 5th month was right in the middle of Japan's rainy season, so it seems like they may have been attempting to emulate that tradition. Three years later, we are told that they held a great-congregation of monks on that same date—the 15th day of the 5th month.  This is not referred to as an Ango, however, possibly noting a change in the way they were organizing or conducting it—or possibly just because it was referred to differently in the record the Chroniclers used.  That said, a great-congregation was simply a Buddhist gathering, where various priests would provide sermons or sutra readings, and not necessarily tied to a particular time.  Another one was called in the 9th month of 693 on behalf of the late sovereign, Ohoama and all prisoners were released, which was no doubt merit seen as accruing to the late sovereign. A month after that, the Benevolent King Sutra, or Ninnou-kyou, was expounded in the provinces for four days.  This is another one of the sutras considered important for the well-being of the state. In 694 we have 100 copies of the Konkwoumyou sutra—the Sutra of Golden Light—being sent out to the provinces, with the intent that they should be read together, at a certain time, when the moon of the first month was in the first quarter.  Any fees or resources needed by the temples to carry this out were to be defrayed from the public revenues of the provinces.  As Aston points out, "revenues" in this case would not necessarily be cash money.  Not that they didn't have coins—they had the Fuhonsen coins from Ohoama's time; see Episode 146 for more information.  We are even told that in 694 the court appointed three officials—Ohoyake no Maro, Utena no Yashima, and Kibumi no Honjitsu—to be governors for the mint, although Aston notes a Shoku Nihongi account from 708 that claimed that was the "first time" the title was given out.  Either way, even though they were minting coins, these wouldn't have been in common circulation.  The government may have used them to pay for things, but taxes coming in, especially in the provinces would have been in-kind taxes, meaning that the revenue to the temples were likely paid in rice, cloth, or similar. We similarly see another edict to read the Golden Light sutra on the first day of the twelfth month of 696.  This time it wasn't just a one time reading, though: they were setting a precedent.  The edict was to expound the Sutra of Golden Light and then, every year hence, they would schedule ten people of pure life who should be inducted as monks on the eve of the New Year.  I have to wonder about how they had people take orders—and whether it was a lifelong commitment or, as in some cultures, today, a temporary position.  After all, Ohoama took orders but didn't exactly remain "retired" for all that long. The same thing had happened back in 694, when one hundred and four people were made to enter religion for the sake of Royal Princess Asuka.  So how long did they remain Buddhist priests? There is a reference, in 693, of a priest being stripped of his monkhood.  It was done by royal order for a Goguryeo priest Fukuka, and it isn't made clear why.  Was it something that the priest wanted?  Maybe they wanted to stop being a monk for some reason?  Or was it done as a punishment?  There was apparently a great-congregation only about two weeks prior.  Maybe there was some drama?  We'll probably never know. In 697, there was an uptick in merit-making.  In the third month, a great-congregation was being held in the Eastern Palace.  The Eastern Palace was the home of the Crown Prince, so this may have something to do with the planned succession, but then in the 6th month we see a bunch of things happening.  There was a royal order for sutras to be read in temples in the Home Provinces, and then, nine days later, an order that people of 5th rank and lower were to go spend time cleaning out the temples in the capital.  On the 26th, 11 days after that, we get a record the seems to bring this into focus, as the Ministers and public functionaries started making votive images of the Buddha for the sake of Uno no Sarara's illness.  It seems that she was feeling unwell, which probably kicked off a lot of this activity, and may even be why she finally decided to abdicate.  There was one more seemingly related note.  On the 29th day of the 7th month the Ministers and public functionaries prepared a festival for the installation of Buddhist images in the temple of Yakushiji.  This was the temple Ohoama had originally commissioned for Uno no Sarara during his reign when she was sick back then.  She had recovered, then, and she would recover again—but her faith in the healing power of the Buddha may have been limited.  She would abdicate a few days later, leaving the throne to Prince Karu—the future Monmu Tennou. One last thing, somewhat tangential, it seems.  In the 11th month of 693, three priests, Houin, Zen'ou, and Shingi, set out, along with others, to the Yasu district in Afumi to taste the sweet wine of the local springs.  This is likely the area around the Yasu river, where it flows northwest from the mountains into Lake Biwa.  Today it is Yasu city on one side of the river and Moriyama city on the other. They apparently came back in the third month of the following year, as that is when we get a royal edict concerning said springs.  Based on that, we are told that the spring of quote-unquote "sweet wine" or "sweet sake" bubbled up at Mt. Tsuga in the Yasu district of Afumi.  Mt. Tsuga, or Tsugayama, may be related to "Moriyama", and Moriyama city is still known for the spring water that comes out of the nearby mountains. In the edict they mention that people who were afflicted with various disease would stay at Yasudera, where they presumably drank the water from the springs, and many of them found themselves healed.  For this miraculous occurrence, the temple itself was awarded four chou of rice-land, and an amount of cloth.  In addition, the district of Yasu was exempted from taxes and forced labor, as well as from any other kinds of corvees that might be levied, for at least one year.  Local authorities were promoted a grade in rank, and gifts were made out to those who were credited with first discovering the springs and their miraculous properties—Kadono no Hatsuki and the daughter of Kudara no Tsurara. A couple of extra notes, based on what we see here.  First off, it is unfortunately too often the case that we see women described like this—the daughter of so-and-so—without providing an actual name.  It is interesting that she is the daughter of someone with the name "Kudara", meaning "Baekje".  During the reign of Naka no Ohoe, aka Tenji Tennou, a number of Baekje people were settled in the areas around Lake Biwa and the Echi River, the next major river to the northeast. The temple mentioned, Yasudera, would have been the local temple, probably run by the local elites.  That likely means the Yasu no Atai family.  The temple itself is no more, and we aren't sure exactly where it was, but there is a strong case to be made that archaeological remains at Yoshimi-chou, in modern Moriyama city, might be that temple.  Still, there is no conclusive evidence. As for springs having healing properties—this is nothing new.  Minerals could have given the water a sweet taste, or perhaps there was something that clouded it, like nigori-zake—unfiltered rice wine.  Whether or not there were any natural healing properties I leave up to your own imagining.  Did people actually benefit from the waters?  Or maybe just because they believed?  Was the fact that a Buddhist temple was involved part of it, or is this just the same thing we see with people going to various springs and imparting to them some healing properties? Either way, it seems that at some point the spring no longer produced the "sweet wine" that had made it famous in its day, and people moved on to a different location. For now, I think we can stop here.  We have probably one more episode talking about specific items from this reign, but we are starting to get more and more sources, including the poetry of the Man'yoshu, which I hope to dig into here in a bit.  Plus a few other things in the works. Until then if you like what we are doing, please tell your friends and feel free to rate us wherever you listen to podcasts.  If you feel the need to do more, and want to help us keep this going, we have information about how you can donate on Patreon or through our KoFi site, ko-fi.com/sengokudaimyo, or find the links over at our main website,  SengokuDaimyo.com/Podcast, where we will have some more discussion on topics from this episode. Also, feel free to reach out to our Sengoku Daimyo Facebook page.  You can also email us at the.sengoku.daimyo@gmail.com.  Thank you, also, to Ellen for their work editing the podcast. And that's all for now.  Thank you again, and I'll see you next episode on Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.

Rev's in retreat all of September so we're flipping our usual format: Enjoy this 30 minute meditation and come back for an excerpt from the Dharma Talk which goes with it: "Spoon Buddha."Meditations in this series are from the last period each night. As such, they can range from guided meditations to readings (often, with comments) to inspired or dharmettes to round out that day's instructional or teaching points.This begins Season 5 of Opening Dharma Access!REV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a recognized leader in the movement that breaks through the wall of American white-centered convert Buddhism to welcome people of all backgrounds into a contemporary, engaged Buddhism. As an ordained Zen priest, licensed social worker, and longtime educator/teacher of Buddhism, Shutt represents new leadership at the nexus of spirituality and social justice, offering a special warm welcome to Asian Americans, all BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, immigrants, and those seeking a home in the midst of North American society's reckoning around racism, sexism, homophobia, and xenophobia. Shutt is a founder & Guiding Teacher of Access to Zen. You can learn more about her work and book, Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Pathat AccessToZen.org EVENTS

From [ Zen and Inner Peace Vol. Two ]By Chan Master Sheng Yen / Narrated by Ying shyan Ku "Zen & Inner Peace - Volume Two" is a book of teachings by Chan Master Sheng-Yen. It contains his broadcast transcripts focusing on Buddhist wisdom. The book covers five main topics: business leadership, the art of work, Chan practice, meditation, and using Zen in everyday life.

Réussir sa prise de poste demande moins de tout contrôler que de clarifier vos priorités, protéger votre énergie et construire vos premiers résultats.Dans cet épisode issu d'un workshop, Jenny Chammas vous accompagne dans les 100 premiers jours d'un nouveau poste, une période déterminante pour prendre vos marques, comprendre votre environnement et commencer à créer de l'impact sans vous épuiser.Dans cet épisode, vous découvrez comment :repérer les erreurs fréquentes d'une prise de poste, comme vouloir faire ses preuves trop vite, dire oui à tout ou négliger la phase d'observation ;renforcer votre confiance en vous en vous projetant dans les six prochains mois et en adoptant une posture professionnelle plus solide ;définir jusqu'à trois priorités et reprendre la maîtrise de votre gestion du temps pour ne pas laisser l'agenda des autres gouverner le vôtre ;poser des limites, apprendre à dire non ou plus tard, et faire de votre gestion de l'agenda un véritable acte de leadership ;dépasser la peur de l'échec, identifier vos propres critères de succès et créer des résultats rapides — vos premiers quick wins — sans chercher la perfection.Une prise de poste de dirigeante est toujours une phase d'apprentissage. Même avec de l'expérience, vous devez découvrir une nouvelle culture d'entreprise, de nouveaux interlocuteurs, de nouveaux outils et parfois une nouvelle manière de diriger. Les doutes, le stress et les erreurs ne signifient pas que vous n'êtes pas à votre place : ils font partie du processus de progression.L'enjeu n'est pas de tout maîtriser en 100 jours, ni de satisfaire tout le monde. Il est de comprendre ce qui compte vraiment, de protéger votre énergie, de construire des relations de qualité et de créer les conditions d'un leadership féminin durable. Car réussir dans votre rôle ne se mesure pas uniquement au regard des autres, mais aussi à votre capacité à vous sentir alignée, confiante et bien dans votre vie professionnelle.****Rejoignez la newsletter Sensées : elle vous donne accès à un concentré de coaching et d'inspiration. Inscrivez-vous gratuitement en cliquant ici. Tout comme sur le podcast Sensées, on y parle de leadership, d'ambition, de confiance en soi, de motivation, de carrière, d'outils de développement personnel, de management, de prise de poste, de prise de parole, et. : bref, de tout ce qui concerne le quotidien des femmes ambitieuses.***Avec NOVA, j'accompagne individuellement les dirigeantes. Dans ce programme de coaching et de mentoring, confidentiel et sur-mesure, je vous aide à dépasser vos challenges et atteindre vos objectifs, dans un contexte politique et stratégique qui demande de la hauteur, du sang-froid et une vision claire. Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus.**Notre guide "10 leviers essentiels pour les décideuses" est un véritable concentré d'outils de coaching et de mentoring, les mêmes que nous utilisons dans le programme Sensées. Il est conçu pour toutes les directrices, dirigeantes et entrepreneures qui sont fatiguées de porter seules les responsabilités. Si vous avez l'impression que votre quotidien vous échappe petit à petit, ce guide est fait pour vous. Cliquez ici pour obtenir votre exemplaire offert !*Vous représentez une entreprise et souhaitez développer le leadership de vos talents féminins ? : cliquez ici.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Wondering how to lower cortisol naturally? Nurse Doza walks through five practical habits that support a healthier cortisol rhythm: managing everyday stress, getting morning sunlight, cutting screen time at night, using diaphragmatic breath work, and supplying the adrenal glands with the nutrients they run on. The goal is not crushing cortisol. The goal is rhythm, high when it should be high and low when it should be low. Featured Product Zen (Stress Relief) by MSW Nutrition, $69 If you are running on caffeine and adrenaline, your body is burning through the exact nutrients it needs to keep cortisol on a healthy rhythm. Zen is built to put them back. It pairs 125 mg of adrenal glandular tissue, sourced from Argentinian bovine for purity, with four standardized adaptogens: Asian ginseng, rhodiola, eleuthero, and schisandra. It also delivers vitamin C, vitamin B6, and pantothenic acid (B5), the nutrients concentrated in adrenal tissue and used up fastest under sustained demand. Most stress formulas give you one botanical. Zen runs four, in one capsule taken twice daily, so you are not juggling a shelf of bottles. Supports the body's adaptogenic response Supports healthy adrenal physiological function Supports energy production and stamina Supports the body's response to everyday stress

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In this episode of What's Up, Doc? on the Eye Believe Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Omid Hamid, Chief of Translational Research and Immuno-Oncology at The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute and Co-Director of its Melanoma and Phase I Programs. A recognized leader in melanoma and immuno-oncology, Dr. Hamid discusses the evolving treatment landscape for ocular melanoma, the growing number of clinical trials and treatment options, and why collaboration and patient choice are so important. He also shares his excitement about where research is headed and his hope for a future where physicians have many more options to offer their patients. Then we go beyond the white coat. Get to know Dr. Hamid as he talks about his family, what keeps him motivated through difficult days, his newfound attempt at finding Zen through golf, his love of travel and movies, and even what's on his playlist. Join us for a conversation about innovation, patient care, and the person behind the physician. Learn more about A Cure In Sight: https://acureinsight.org Thank you to our sponsors for making this possible! Ideaya Biosciences Delcath Systems Aura Biosciences Castle Biosciences Immunocore Natera Rare Cancer. Resilient Hope. Revolutionary Research. #OcularMelanoma #EyeBelievePodcast #WhatsUpDoc #OmidHamid #Immunotherapy #ClinicalTrials #RareCancer #ACureInSight

In this episode, we reflect on why time is often an important element of development acceptance, in ourselves and with other people.Questions or thoughts you would like to share? I would love to hear from you. Email me at dailydharmapodcast@gmail.com

In a Way-Seeking Mind talk, a sangha member shares their personal narrative, key turning points, and how the Dharma has moved in their life. Manuel reflects on the experiences that brought him to Zen practice and how it continues to shape his path.

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My first-ever post (2012) meets 100 life-sized elephants on Commonwealth Ave. Episode 625. I still haven’t found the whole animal. Click here to view the verbatim transcript Summary I revisit my first-ever blog post, a 2012 story about two strangers in wheelchairs, each certain the other had it worse, as I ride my wheelchair through The Great Elephant Migration’s 100 life-sized sculptures on Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue. Fourteen years and 625 episodes later, the argument holds: best health isn’t fixed, and no one, not the patient, not the organization, not me, ever gets the whole animal. Episode Proem: Orientation On July 24, 2012, over 14 years ago, I published my first post, Best Health: Different Lens, Different Point of View. I wrote it while vacationing on Cape Cod with my family. My son-in-law, Eric Pinaud, helped me set up my website. The episode has stood the test of time. For those of you listening instead of watching (see the video in the show notes), I’m on my trike on Commonwealth Ave, threading through a hundred elephants. They’re not real. They’re not statues either, not exactly — they’re woven. Dried lantana root, an invasive weed, hand-carved by artisans in India’s Nilgiri Hills. Each one modeled after a real elephant those artisans know by name. Calves knee-high, matriarchs taller than my head, tusks close enough to touch. A mile of them, all facing the same direction, as if they’re walking somewhere together. I’m riding at wheelchair height, which means I see knees, trunks, and the undersides of ears before I see a whole animal. One elephant at a time. Never the herd. Episode #1 featured two people with recent disabilities approaching each other in wheelchairs in a rehab hallway. An eighteen-year-old with a gunshot wound, learning to steer with his mouth. A fifty-year-old stroke patient, learning to steer with one hand and a foot, with his wife behind him, dressed up and disgusted. The younger one muttered, “Glad I’m not him.” Neither of them was wrong about what they saw. Neither saw the whole thing. Best health isn’t one thing. Not for you, not for the person next to you, not for the organization billing you for services. Best health moves. It depends on which part of the elephant you’ve got your hand on. So today: the old post, the new elephants, and a hundred and sixty-nine months of me still not knowing the whole shape. This is episode #625. Yikes. 2012, Uncorrected: First Lens This first blog sets the stage. “Best health.” How will we recognize it? For individuals, could it be love, peace of mind, a cure, the ability to perform activities of daily living, or freedom from dis-ease? For organizations, could it be profitability, increased volume, high overall satisfaction, or a high Net Promoter score? Just like anything in the human condition, best health isn’t static. It’s constantly changing. At one point in my life, while working for a landscaping company, I had to complete the final hand raking of topsoil for a brand-new 2-acre rolling lawn. It took 20 hours. Through the lens of that solitary, monotonous gig, I learned that there is no up without a down. Every depression had a corresponding rise. Zen for the 20-year-old! Best implies less than best, always together. While in nursing school, I worked as a rehab aide. I was walking down the hall with an 18-year-old quadriplegic from a gunshot wound to the neck, learning to maneuver his wheelchair with his mouth. Coming the other way was a 50-year-old man suffering from a debilitating stroke, learning to propel his wheelchair with his left hand and foot. Behind the drooling, slouching, struggling man was his beautiful 20-something wife, dressed to the hilt, looking completely disgusted. Out of the corner of his mouth, my young patient muttered, “glad I’m not him.” It’s all relative. Different lens, different point of view. Attaining best health means figuring out the unique goal of the person or organization and working toward that goal collaboratively. I invite you to tell your story. Reflection: Still Best Health, Somehow Fourteen years ago, I used one cane, no forearm crutches, no wheelchair. I was between jobs after being laid off from Boston Children's Hospital. My oldest grandson was four, and my youngest was one. I was playing bari sax in Herb's Heard Big Band. I had just begun my relationship with PCORI. Today, I still have best health! Life is good. Please comment and ask questions: at the comment section at the bottom of the show notes on LinkedIn  via email YouTube channel  DM on Instagram, TikTok to @healthhats Substack Patreon Production Team Kayla Nelson: Web and Social Media Coach, Dissemination, Help Desk  Steve Heatherington: Help Desk and podcast production counseling Joey van Leeuwen, Drummer, Composer, and Arranger, provided the music for the intro, outro, proem, and reflection Claude, Perplexity, Auphonic, Descript, Grammarly, DaVinci Resolve, DaVinci AI Art Generator, OpenArt AI Creator Studio Inspired by and Grateful to: Eric Pinaud, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, and my sisters Artificial Intelligence in Podcast Production Health Hats, the Podcast, utilizes AI tools for production tasks such as editing, transcription, and content suggestions. While AI assists with various aspects, including image creation, most AI suggestions are modified. All creative decisions remain my own, with AI sources referenced as usual. Questions are welcome. Creative Commons Licensing CC BY-NC-SA This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms. CC BY-NC-SA includes the following elements:    BY: credit must be given to the creator.   NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.    SA: Adaptations must be shared under the same terms. Please let me know. dannyhealthhats@gmail.com  Material on this site created by others is theirs, and use follows their guidelines. Disclaimer The views and opinions presented in this podcast and publication are solely my responsibility and do not necessarily represent the views of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute®  (PCORI®), its Board of Governors, or Methodology Committee. 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In this episode, I'm joined by Zen for an honest conversation about self-concept, feminine power, sensuality and learning to trust yourself deeply.We explore what happens when you stop blindly following inherited rules and start questioning what you actually believe, what you want and choose. From navigating a strict upbringing, daring to question and striving for self-expression to following your desires, tapping into your femininity and practicing self-honesty, this conversation is all about becoming more deeply connected to yourself.We talk about:How questioning inherited paradigms can change the way you see yourself and your lifeUnderstanding societal rules and consciously deciding which ones are worth breakingCultivating self-trust, self-honesty & learning to stop outsourcing validationReconnecting with your body, desires, sensuality and femininity —Timestamps:00:00 - Zen's story & why questioning everything changed her life10:03 - Understanding the rules before deciding to break them22:30 - Make-up, identity & learning not to center beauty for worth35:36 - Reconnecting with your body, desire & pleasure49:23 - How to actually test the rules you've inherited61:59 - The questions women need to start asking themselves68:27 - Journaling, self-honesty & reconnecting with who you are85:33 - What femininity really means & Zen's advice to unfuck your life—Connect with Laura: Laura's Website: ⁠https://www.lauraherde.com/⁠Laura's Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/laura.herde/⁠Laura's 1-1 Coaching: ⁠https://www.lauraherde.com/application-1-1⁠Laura's Coaching Certification Course: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/embodiedcoachacademy/⁠>> EMAIL ME TO CONNECT/ FOR QUESTIONS: hello@lauraherde.com>> FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM FOR MORE CONTENT: ⁠@laura.herde ⁠Feel free to share this episode with your bestie, and tag us on IG when you listen so we can repost you.If you're a loyal listener and would like to support the show, leave us a rating/ review, it means the world!Make sure to be subscribed to UNFUCK YOUR LIFE, we publish episodes for you every single Tuesday.Thank you so much for tuning in, love xx

What if the thing you thought was a delay was actually a miracle?In this powerful episode, Bart Merrill shares an extraordinary true-life story about amputation, intuition, divine timing, and a series of seemingly small decisions that ultimately protected both him and his wife.Bart had already endured 12 years of excruciating pain after a devastating accident left him with a severely damaged ankle. Eventually, his ankle bone deteriorated to the point where there was nothing left to fuse, and doctors told him that amputation was likely his best option.But Bart's most remarkable story isn't simply about losing his leg.It's about timing.And what happened when he listened to the feeling that told him, not yet.Bart Merrill's Miracle Story: The Power of Divine TimingBart originally scheduled his leg amputation for November 2023. Then, for several reasons—including concerns about the holidays, recovery, and insurance—he decided to postpone the surgery.He eventually rescheduled.And then something happened that changed everything.When a Delay Becomes a MiracleBart's story raises a fascinating question: Can intuition tell us when the timing of something is wrong?He had practical reasons for postponing his surgery. But looking back, he sees something much bigger at work.What Bart Merrill's Story Teaches Us About IntuitionOne of the most powerful themes in this episode is the idea that intuition is a form of guidance.Bart's experience isn't simply a story about coincidence. It's a story about paying attention when something inside you says, wait.A Miracle Hidden in the TimingBart's story is a beautiful example of the kind of mystery this podcast explores: the possibility that the events of our lives can connect in ways we don't fully understand at the time they're happening.A postponed surgery.A wife's unexpected medical crisis.A series of changes in hospital arrangements.A successful amputation and recovery.And a man who ultimately looks back and sees not chaos, but divine timing.In This Episode Bart Merrill's extraordinary miracle story The divine timing behind his delayed amputation Why Bart postponed his surgery several times His wife's quadruple bypass surgery How intuition may protect us from dangers we cannot yet see Bart's 12-year journey with chronic ankle pain The accident that eventually led to his leg amputation The surprising discovery that his ankle bone had deteriorated Bart's experience preparing for life as an amputee His terrifying walk into the hospital Recovery after his leg amputation The difference between acute rehabilitation and nursing care Finding gratitude in difficult circumstances The connection between intuition, synchronicity, and miracles Why sometimes the best thing you can do is wait To check out other episodes on this podcast that deal with Divine Intervention, check out the conversations listed below:Celeste Yacaboni shares a powerful story of what happened one night in the wee small hours of the morning...a light appeared, and then asked her a simple, yet life-changing question. "The Vision That Changed Everything" can be found on Spotify HERE and Apple HERE.Stanley Bronstein shares an incredible story of witness and timing, when he could be there for a small child at a gravesite. What he does and how he helps this child, brings Stanley's entire life full circle! "The Miracle That Took A Lifetime" can be found on Spotify HERE, and Apple HERE.Rev. Dr. Keith Haney shares a divine story-he was called to the bedside of a young woman who was told she was going to die. What happened next will change your mind about community, prayer and healing through Love. "Our Voices Can Heal Worlds" can be found on Spotify HERE and Apple HERE.And now, Bart's deets...and the fab work he is doing in this world!Here is his website, The Side Hustle Samauri!And then his Facebook, as well as his YouTube!And if you want to check me out, here's my website- Byte Sized BlessingsAs well as my Insta...which is irreverent yet serious, like me!And I have not forgotten your bit of beauty...that spark that will remind you this world is lovely. This bit of summer Zen comes courtesy of some of my favorite creatures, ever. Moomins! Here they are, celebrating summer just like we all should-together, in community and very, very relaxed! miracle story, true miracle story, divine timing, signs and wonders, intuition, trusting your intuition, spiritual intuition, synchronicity, divine intervention, unexplained miracles, miraculous timing, amputation story, amputee story, leg amputation, chronic pain, resilience after amputation, miraculous recovery, spiritual experiences, mysterious coincidences, signs from the universe, listening to your intuition

What if the thing you thought was a delay was actually a miracle?In this powerful episode, Bart Merrill shares an extraordinary true-life story about amputation, intuition, divine timing, and a series of seemingly small decisions that ultimately protected both him and his wife.Bart had already endured 12 years of excruciating pain after a devastating accident left him with a severely damaged ankle. Eventually, his ankle bone deteriorated to the point where there was nothing left to fuse, and doctors told him that amputation was likely his best option.But Bart's most remarkable story isn't simply about losing his leg.It's about timing.And what happened when he listened to the feeling that told him, not yet.Bart Merrill's Miracle Story: The Power of Divine TimingBart originally scheduled his leg amputation for November 2023. Then, for several reasons—including concerns about the holidays, recovery, and insurance—he decided to postpone the surgery.He eventually rescheduled.And then something happened that changed everything.When a Delay Becomes a MiracleBart's story raises a fascinating question: Can intuition tell us when the timing of something is wrong?He had practical reasons for postponing his surgery. But looking back, he sees something much bigger at work.What Bart Merrill's Story Teaches Us About IntuitionOne of the most powerful themes in this episode is the idea that intuition is a form of guidance.Bart's experience isn't simply a story about coincidence. It's a story about paying attention when something inside you says, wait.A Miracle Hidden in the TimingBart's story is a beautiful example of the kind of mystery this podcast explores: the possibility that the events of our lives can connect in ways we don't fully understand at the time they're happening.A postponed surgery.A wife's unexpected medical crisis.A series of changes in hospital arrangements.A successful amputation and recovery.And a man who ultimately looks back and sees not chaos, but divine timing.In This Episode Bart Merrill's extraordinary miracle story The divine timing behind his delayed amputation Why Bart postponed his surgery several times His wife's quadruple bypass surgery How intuition may protect us from dangers we cannot yet see Bart's 12-year journey with chronic ankle pain The accident that eventually led to his leg amputation The surprising discovery that his ankle bone had deteriorated Bart's experience preparing for life as an amputee His terrifying walk into the hospital Recovery after his leg amputation The difference between acute rehabilitation and nursing care Finding gratitude in difficult circumstances The connection between intuition, synchronicity, and miracles Why sometimes the best thing you can do is wait To check out other episodes on this podcast that deal with Divine Intervention, check out the conversations listed below: Celeste Yacaboni shares a powerful story of what happened one night in the wee small hours of the morning...a light appeared, and then asked her a simple, yet life-changing question. "The Vision That Changed Everything" can be found on Spotify HERE and Apple HERE.Stanley Bronstein shares an incredible story of witness and timing, when he could be there for a small child at a gravesite. What he does and how he helps this child, brings Stanley's entire life full circle! "The Miracle That Took A Lifetime" can be found on Spotify HERE, and Apple HERE.Rev. Dr. Keith Haney shares a divine story-he was called to the bedside of a young woman who was told she was going to die. What happened next will change your mind about community, prayer and healing through Love. "Our Voices Can Heal Worlds" can be found on Spotify HERE and Apple HERE.And now, Bart's deets...and the fab work he is doing in this world!Here is his website, The Side Hustle Samauri!And then his Facebook, as well as his YouTube!And if you want to check me out, here's my website- Byte Sized BlessingsAs well as my Insta...which is irreverent yet serious, like me!And I have not forgotten your bit of beauty...that spark that will remind you this world is lovely. This bit of summer Zen comes courtesy of some of my favorite creatures, ever. Moomins! Here they are, celebrating summer just like we all should-together, in community and very, very relaxed!  miracle story, true miracle story, divine timing, signs and wonders, intuition, trusting your intuition, spiritual intuition, synchronicity, divine intervention, unexplained miracles, miraculous timing, amputation story, amputee story, leg amputation, chronic pain, resilience after amputation, miraculous recovery, spiritual experiences, mysterious coincidences, signs from the universe, listening to your intuition

In this session of Upaya's Dogen Seminar 2026, Sensei Kaz Tanahashi traces Dogen's contemporary journey from a Zen ancestor barely mentioned by D.T. Suzuki — whose paradigm of sudden awakening had little room for Dogen's teaching — to a figure now studied in more than two hundred English-language publications and translated into other languages across the world. He recounts his own thirty-three… Source

In this opening session of Upaya's 2026 Dogen Seminar, Roshi Joan Halifax welcomes a gathering of teachers assembled to explore the life and teaching of Eihei Dogen, the 13th-century Zen master and founder of the Soto school of Zen. Sensei Kaz Tanahashi, whose decades of translation work brought Dogen's Shobogenzo into English, traces its long path from centuries of obscurity to worldwide… Source

תרגול אופטימי של התבוננות על הקיום במשקפיים שרואות בו את הטוב.שיר סיום מאת erlend oye ו la comitiva.למיקסטייפ המלא | To full mixtapeמדיטציה זו הוקלטה בשידור חי בזום במושב הבונים, ישראל בתאריך 27 באוגוסט 2026אם אתם מכירים מישהו שיכול להפיק תועלת מהמדיטציה הזו, אנא העבירו אותה הלאה.וגם,קבוצת וואטסאפ שקטה בה אני שולח הקלטות והזמנות לתרגולים שבועיים בזוםארכיון מתעדכן של מדיטציות לפי נושאים ומצבים בספוטיפייוגם באפל פודקאסטסערוץ היוטיוב שלי, עם ארכיון תרגולים בוידאועופר ✨About this podcastPractice and frequency for vibration management    /////////////////   Free guided meditations for the benefit of all   /////////////////    Ofer Shani is an International  Meditation Recording Artist and a Tech Entrepreneur  /////////////////    His sessions are unique and combine music with teachings of Mindfulness, Zen, Shamanism, Quantum physics and Neuroscience  /////////////////   Linktree https://linktr.ee/ofershani An important noticeThis podcast celebrates music as a tool for transformation and well being.Each episode includes a link to a dedicated mixtape with all the tracks played during the meditation. If you don't want your music to be played here - please contact us  oshani@gmail.com 

Official Store – Insta360 Link 2: https://bit.ly/MonitorsBFLink2storeAmazon – Insta360 Link 2: https://geni.us/pByQNbInsta360 Webcam Collection: https://store.insta360.com/collections/4k-webcamsEpisode 113: We chat about Nvidia's Gamescom announcements, including DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, the ReBAR toggle and the absence of DLSS 5. We also discuss the recent semi-confirmation of Zen 6 on AM5 and what to expect, and look at a GPU tweaking tool that potentially exposes dangerous settings.CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro01:53 - Nvidia at Gamescom13:04 - Where was DLSS 5?21:04 - Zen 6 on AM5 Confirmed30:21 - mvolt utility exposes dangerous settings48:18 - Golden samples discussion1:05:22 - Updates from our boring livesSUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTAudio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcastVideo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfwSUPPORT US DIRECTLYPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxedLINKSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxedBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jonny Miller on Nervous System Mastery, Grief, and Why High Performers Can't Afford to Stay Stuck in Their Heads Your nervous system is running every decision, relationship, and reaction in your life, and you won't notice how much it's costing you until something breaks. This episode gives you the exact framework for building real nervous system mastery instead of running on autopilot until it fails. Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR Host Dave Asprey sits down with Jonny Miller, host of the Inner Frontier Podcast and founder of Nervous System Mastery, who has taught more than 1,000 people how to build the skills of interoception, self-regulation, and emotional fluidity. A former Silicon Valley founder turned nervous system expert, Jonny brings a rare mix of rational, data-driven thinking and deep somatic work to a field most high performers avoid entirely. They break down why interoception, self-regulation, and emotional fluidity are the three learnable skills behind every major shift in performance, relationships, and decision-making, and why most high achievers have spent their whole lives disconnected from what's happening below the neck. Jonny introduces the half-life of reactivity, his framework for measuring how quickly someone can move from triggered back to calm, and explains how free diving became his gateway into surrender, breath work, and pressure equalization as a form of high-stakes meditation. Dave shares his own parallel journey through nervous system work, including lessons from running 40 Years of Zen and a costly business betrayal that reshaped how he reads people. Dave and Jonny also open up about grief, including Jonny's experience losing his fiancée and later his mother, and how community and co-regulation shape how fast someone actually heals. You'll Learn: Why interoception, self-regulation, and emotional fluidity are the three core skills behind nervous system mastery What the half-life of reactivity is and how to use it to measure real emotional progress How free diving works as a form of high-stakes meditation and a direct feedback loop for unclenching Why congruence between your inner and outer state matters more than staying composed under pressure How team intuition can be used as a practical filter in high-stakes hiring decisions Why co-regulation with friends and community can dramatically shorten the grieving process What Jonny's Breath Buddy device is designed to teach kids and families about nervous system regulation Thank you to our sponsors! - MOD | Visit mod.com for a consultation and get 10% off your first order plus free shipping with promo code DAVE. - ZenBud | Dave's Nervous System Biohack. Visit zenbud.health and use code DAVE15 at checkout for a discount. - BrainTap | Go to http://braintap.com/dave to get $100 off the BrainTap Power Bundle. - Timeline | Visit timeline.com/dave to learn more about Mitopure and get 20% off your first order for a limited time. Dave Asprey is a four-time New York Times bestselling author, founder of Bulletproof Coffee, and the father of biohacking. With over 1,000 interviews and 1 million monthly listeners, The Human Upgrade brings you the knowledge to take control of your biology, extend your longevity, and optimize every system in your body and mind. Each episode delivers cutting-edge insights inhealth, performance, neuroscience, supplements, nutrition, biohacking, emotional intelligence, and conscious living. New episodes are released every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday (BONUS). Dave asks the questions no one else will and gives you real tools to become stronger, smarter, and more resilient. Keywords: Jonny Miller, Inner Frontier Podcast, Nervous System Mastery, interoception, self-regulation, emotional fluidity, half-life of reactivity, free diving, breathwork, nervous system regulation, somatic healing, grief processing, co-regulation, congruence, trauma response, boundary setting, narcissism, hiring intuition, cold plunge, surrender, NSDR, yoga nidra, Breath Buddy, biohacking, high performance, 40 Years of Zen, psychedelic integration, Silicon Valley founder, emotional resilience Resources: • Nervous System Mastery Course: https://www.nsmastery.com/ • Listen To Jonny's Podcast ‘The Inner Frontier' at: https://open.spotify.com/show/1lGD5wIfhnE4bepja42C9S • Get My 2026 Clean Nicotine Roadmap | Enroll for free at https://daveasprey.com/2026-clean-nicotine-roadmap/ • Dave Asprey's Latest News | Go to https://daveasprey.com/ to join Inside Track today. • Danger Coffee: https://dangercoffee.com/discount/dave15? • My Daily Supplements: SuppGrade Labs (15% Off) • Favorite Blue Light Blocking Glasses: TrueDark (15% Off) • Dave Asprey's BEYOND Conference: https://beyondconference.com • Dave Asprey's New Book – Heavily Meditated: https://daveasprey.com/heavily-meditated • Join My Substack (Live Access To Podcast Recordings): https://substack.daveasprey.com/ • Upgrade Labs: https://upgradelabs.com Timestamps: 00:00 – Trailer 01:10 – Losing His Fiancée 04:28 – Nervous System Mastery 11:52 – Community & Co-Regulation 17:37 – From Head to Body 22:52 – Surrender & Free Diving 28:54 – Half-Life of Reactivity 35:33 – Congruence & the $100M Lesson 38:58 – Stupidity, Narcissism & Intuition 50:22 – Biohacking Trojan Horses 59:11 – Breath Buddy & Outro See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When we sit Zazen, even if we're working with a koan, we do not actively try to achieve insight. But nonetheless, Chan and Zen masters throughout history have exhorted us to awaken to Reality. How does insight happen when you're "just sitting?" How do you awaken to what you have not yet seen without getting caught up in concepts of enlightenment and delusion, before and after? How do you lean into the unknown if you're trying to let go of any kind of doing at all?

In this Supplement Ingredient Series episode, Nurse Doza makes the case for the B vitamin nobody talks about: vitamin B6. Everyone knows B12 — the pills, the injections, the whole routine — but B6 is the cofactor your body leans on to build serotonin, dopamine, and GABA, the neurotransmitters behind mood, focus, and steady daytime energy. He covers who tends to run low, why intake alone doesn't guarantee good status, and where an adaptogen-plus-adrenal formula like Zen fits in. FEATURED PARTNER Zen (Stress Relief) by MSW Nutrition is the formula Nurse Doza reaches for when the B6 conversation turns practical. Each capsule delivers 15 mg of vitamin B6 as P5P — the already-active form your enzymes can use directly — alongside 125 mg of bovine adrenal gland (Argentina) and a five-botanical adaptogen blend: rhodiola, Asian ginseng, eleuthero, schisandra, and licorice, plus vitamin C and 150 mg of pantothenic acid. It's built to support the body's adaptogenic response to everyday stressors and support energy production and stamina.

On this episode of Zen and the Art of Real Estate Investing, Jonathan Greene sits down with Ian Slater, founder and partner at Trove Partners, a discreet real estate advisory team specializing in high-net-worth clients in New York, the Hamptons, and worldwide. Ian shares how growing up around his father's construction business shaped his understanding of real estate, even though he never expected to make it his career, and how he eventually built a successful career serving luxury real estate clients in New York. Jonathan and Ian discuss what separates the most successful real estate brokers from everyone else, including the importance of trust, organization, follow-through, relationships, and understanding the lifestyle of high-net-worth clients. Ian explains how he intentionally built his personal brand and network in his 20s by putting himself in the right rooms and developing the ability to connect with sophisticated clients. The conversation also explores Ian's personal real estate investing journey. He and his husband started with a $255,000 multifamily property in Providence, Rhode Island, eventually building a portfolio of roughly 40 apartments across eight buildings. Ian explains how they used renovation, refinancing, appreciation, and time to build equity, and how their strategy evolved from managing multifamily properties to renovating and selling homes and pursuing development opportunities. Jonathan and Ian also examine how the current real estate market differs from the environment that allowed them to get started, including higher interest rates, compressed cap rates, rising property values, and the opportunity cost of investing in real estate versus other assets. They discuss why sophisticated investors need to understand the market they're operating in, why some New York properties still command a premium, and how Ian's investing experience helps him give clients honest advice about whether real estate actually makes sense for their goals. Finally, Jonathan and Ian discuss the future of real estate, AI, wealth building, and the importance of playing the long game. Ian explains why he believes high-level real estate brokerage remains a relationship-driven business that is difficult to replace with technology, why avoiding "commission breath" builds trust, and how he hopes to eventually build a portfolio that produces meaningful cash flow and financial flexibility without necessarily focusing on passing a real estate empire to future generations. In this episode, you will hear: How Ian went from growing up around construction to becoming a luxury real estate advisor Why trust, follow-through, and relationship building are essential to succeeding in high-end real estate How Ian and his husband built a 40-unit Providence real estate portfolio Why market conditions today require investors to think differently than they did a decade ago How to build long-term wealth through real estate while staying flexible enough to adapt as your goals and the market change Follow and Review If you enjoy the show, please follow Zen and the Art of Real Estate Investing on Apple Podcasts and leave a rating and review. It helps other listeners discover the show and supports its continued growth. Supporting Resources Connect with Ian: Website - https://www.trove-partners.com/  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ianslater/  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-slater-53688124 Connect with Jonathan: Podcast - www.zenandtheartofrealestateinvesting.com YouTube - www.youtube.com/JonathanGreenere Instagram - www.instagram.com/zenrealestateinvesting Instagram - www.instagram.com/trustgreene Bigger Pockets - www.biggerpockets.com/users/TrustGreene Facebook - www.facebook.com/zenandtheartofrealestateinvesting Jonathan's Hub Site - www.trustgreene.com Brokerage - https://www.streamlined.properties This episode was produced by Outlier Audio.

On this episode of Zen and the Art of Real Estate Investing, Jonathan Greene sits down with Ian Slater, founder and partner at Trove Partners, a discreet real estate advisory team specializing in high-net-worth clients in New York, the Hamptons, and worldwide. Ian shares how growing up around his father's construction business shaped his understanding of real estate, even though he never expected to make it his career, and how he eventually built a successful career serving luxury real estate clients in New York. Jonathan and Ian discuss what separates the most successful real estate brokers from everyone else, including the importance of trust, organization, follow-through, relationships, and understanding the lifestyle of high-net-worth clients. Ian explains how he intentionally built his personal brand and network in his 20s by putting himself in the right rooms and developing the ability to connect with sophisticated clients. The conversation also explores Ian's personal real estate investing journey. He and his husband started with a $255,000 multifamily property in Providence, Rhode Island, eventually building a portfolio of roughly 40 apartments across eight buildings. Ian explains how they used renovation, refinancing, appreciation, and time to build equity, and how their strategy evolved from managing multifamily properties to renovating and selling homes and pursuing development opportunities. Jonathan and Ian also examine how the current real estate market differs from the environment that allowed them to get started, including higher interest rates, compressed cap rates, rising property values, and the opportunity cost of investing in real estate versus other assets. They discuss why sophisticated investors need to understand the market they're operating in, why some New York properties still command a premium, and how Ian's investing experience helps him give clients honest advice about whether real estate actually makes sense for their goals. Finally, Jonathan and Ian discuss the future of real estate, AI, wealth building, and the importance of playing the long game. Ian explains why he believes high-level real estate brokerage remains a relationship-driven business that is difficult to replace with technology, why avoiding "commission breath" builds trust, and how he hopes to eventually build a portfolio that produces meaningful cash flow and financial flexibility without necessarily focusing on passing a real estate empire to future generations. In this episode, you will hear: How Ian went from growing up around construction to becoming a luxury real estate advisor Why trust, follow-through, and relationship building are essential to succeeding in high-end real estate How Ian and his husband built a 40-unit Providence real estate portfolio Why market conditions today require investors to think differently than they did a decade ago How to build long-term wealth through real estate while staying flexible enough to adapt as your goals and the market change Follow and Review If you enjoy the show, please follow Zen and the Art of Real Estate Investing on Apple Podcasts and leave a rating and review. It helps other listeners discover the show and supports its continued growth. Supporting Resources Connect with Ian: Website - https://www.trove-partners.com/  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ianslater/  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-slater-53688124 Connect with Jonathan: Podcast - www.zenandtheartofrealestateinvesting.com YouTube - www.youtube.com/JonathanGreenere Instagram - www.instagram.com/zenrealestateinvesting Instagram - www.instagram.com/trustgreene Bigger Pockets - www.biggerpockets.com/users/TrustGreene Facebook - www.facebook.com/zenandtheartofrealestateinvesting Jonathan's Hub Site - www.trustgreene.com Brokerage - https://www.streamlined.properties This episode was produced by Outlier Audio.

What you will learn: The Zen circle metaphor and how a small shift in perspective changes everything Two powerful questions to ask about your own client journey: what do they experience first, and how will they know when they've arrived? A simple exercise: how would you treat a client if referrals were the only way you could ever get new business? The flywheel concept from Jim Collins' Good to Great, and Ken's five-step version built specifically for service-based, relationship-driven businesses Ken's five golden rules for designing a flywheel that gains momentum instead of burning you out If you've ever felt like you're doing the same laps in your business without real progress, this episode gives you a genuinely different way to think about client experience and momentum. Connect with Ken:  ken@spiraluplife.com  www.spiraluplife.com If you are a spiritual coach, healer, practitioner, or facilitator, check out my linktree below for extra resources such as:Join the complimentary Marketing Mastermind Group CallsThe Quick Win Campaign eBook - Generate 20 leads in 20 daysAccess to the Serving Circle Community - Find collaborations with other spiritual business ownersSocial Media linkshttps://linktr.ee/tysonsharpe

Jim Kwik on Memory, AI, and Why Natural Intelligence Beats Artificial Intelligence Your brain is quietly outsourcing itself to AI, and you won't notice until it's gone. This episode gives you the exact framework to use artificial intelligence as a tool for brain optimization instead of a crutch that erodes your memory, focus, and critical thinking. Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR Host Dave Asprey sits down with Jim Kwik, one of the world's leading experts in memory improvement, brain optimization, and accelerated learning. For more than 30 years, Jim has served as the brain coach to professional athletes, political leaders, business magnates, and Hollywood icons, with corporate clients including Google, Nike, SpaceX, and Harvard. He hosts the Kwik Brain podcast with over 100 million downloads, reaches 200,000 people annually through live keynotes, and just wrapped his 14th annual Beyond Biohacking Conference with 5,000 attendees in Austin. Jim overcame a childhood brain injury that left him labeled "learning disabled," and turned that struggle into a mission he calls "no brain left behind." They break down the MIT study showing that people who use AI to write and think score worse on memory and comprehension than those who rely on their own brains, and why that matters for anyone serious about longevity, human performance, and anti-aging. Jim introduces the concept of digital dementia and cognitive sovereignty, explaining how nootropics, neuroplasticity, and functional medicine can support your biology while AI still requires you to keep your own hardware sharp. They cover the MEDS Rx framework for brain optimization: meditation, exercise, diet, sleep optimization, and relationships, plus why mitochondria, metabolism, and inflammation from processed food directly impact your cognitive output. Jim also shares how his own kids use AI as a tutor rather than a replacement for thinking, and why sleep inertia and the first few minutes after waking set the tone for your entire day. This is essential listening for anyone serious about biohacking, hacking their own brain, longevity, neuroplasticity, brain optimization, supplements, and building a Smarter Not Harder approach to human performance in the age of AI. You'll Learn: Why the MIT study found AI users had weaker memory and comprehension than people who did the work themselves What digital dementia and digital deduction are, and how they quietly erode your cognitive muscles How to use AI as an augmented intelligence partner instead of a replacement for critical thinking The MEDS Rx framework for brain optimization: meditation, exercise, diet, sleep, and relationships Why the first few minutes after waking determine your focus and mood for the entire day How spaced repetition and AI-assisted learning can lock in new skills and behavior change faster The HUMAN framework for staying irreplaceable in a world run by algorithms Thank you to our sponsors! - KILLSwitch | If you're ready for the best sleep of your life, order now at https://www.switchsupplements.com/and use code DAVE for 20% off - Neuronic | Go to www.neuronic.online Code DAVE for $100 off - Our Place | Upgrade your kitchen with Our Place today. Visit fromourplace.com/DAVE and use code DAVE for 10% off sitewide. - LMNT | Check it out at drinklmnt.com/DAVE. You'll get a free 8 count sample pack with any purchase. Dave Asprey is a four-time New York Times bestselling author, founder of Bulletproof Coffee, and the father of biohacking. With over 1,000 interviews and 1 million monthly listeners, The Human Upgrade brings you the knowledge to take control of your biology, extend your longevity, and optimize every system in your body and mind. Each episode delivers cutting-edge insights inhealth, performance, neuroscience, supplements, nutrition, biohacking, emotional intelligence, and conscious living. New episodes are released every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday (BONUS). Dave asks the questions no one else will and gives you real tools to become stronger, smarter, and more resilient. Keywords: Jim Kwik, Limitless, Kwik Brain, digital dementia, cognitive sovereignty, human intelligence, artificial intelligence, MIT AI study, brain injury recovery, accelerated learning, memory improvement, speed reading, neuroplasticity, spaced repetition, memory palace, MEDS Rx framework, sleep inertia, attentional priming, metacognition, digital deduction, brain optimization, cognitive flexibility, cognitive anti-fragility, 40 Years of Zen, biohacking, Beyond Biohacking Conference, HUMAN framework, learning how to learn, GPS dependency, mental fatigue, burnout recovery, Limitless Daily Resources: • Learn More About Jim At: https://limitlessdaily.com/ • Follow Jim On Instagram At: https://www.instagram.com/jimkwik/ • Watch Jim On YouTube At: https://www.youtube.com/jimkwik • Get My 2026 Clean Nicotine Roadmap | Enroll for free at https://daveasprey.com/2026-clean-nicotine-roadmap/ • Dave Asprey's Latest News | Go to https://daveasprey.com/ to join Inside Track today. • Danger Coffee: https://dangercoffee.com/discount/dave15? • My Daily Supplements: SuppGrade Labs (15% Off) • Favorite Blue Light Blocking Glasses: TrueDark (15% Off) • Dave Asprey's BEYOND Conference: https://beyondconference.com • Dave Asprey's New Book – Heavily Meditated: https://daveasprey.com/heavily-meditated • Join My Substack (Live Access To Podcast Recordings): https://substack.daveasprey.com/ • Upgrade Labs: https://upgradelabs.com Timestamps: 00:00 – Trailer 00:55 – Intro 06:54 – AI as Tool, Not Crutch 13:00 – Protecting Cognitive Sovereignty 21:28 – Digital Dementia Explained 27:13 – AI-Enhanced Learning Techniques 32:18 – Speed Listening and Reading 40:38 – Rapid Tips by Age 46:59 – Building an AI Second Brain 53:04 – Burnout and Brain Optimization See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this revealing episode of The Unapologetic Man Podcast, host Mark Sing reveals the five stages every man moves through on his way to real, unshakable confidence, and where most guys get permanently stuck without ever realizing it. Money, status, a hot girlfriend, a packed calendar, none of it means anything if your sense of self is still borrowed from other people's opinions. Mark shows you what it actually feels like when confidence stops being something you chase and starts being something you just are. Key Takeaways: Why external validation will always leave you feeling unstable, no matter how much of it you get The difference between real self-acceptance and ego dressed up as confidence How to turn the things you hate about yourself into something you own instead of hide Why judging others or needing them to agree with you is a sign of insecurity, not strength What it actually looks like to reach the final stage of true, effortless confidence Key Timestamps: [00:00:00] – Episode Intro [00:00:59] – Intro to the five stages of confidence [00:02:55] – Stage 1: dependent on outside validation [00:05:26] – Stage 2: internally validated, but ego still runs the show [00:10:10] – Stage 3: loving what you used to hate about yourself [00:17:20] – A Zen master story and the concept of non-resistance [00:20:33] – Stage 4: accepting others and the world exactly as they are [00:20:47] – Stage 5: becoming purely genuine again [00:25:18] – Episode Outro  Connect With Mark: Apply for Mark's 3-Month Coaching Program: https://coachmarksing.com/coaching/ Check Out The Perks Program: https://coachmarksing.com/perks/ Email: CoachMarkSing@Gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachmarksing/ Grab Mark's Free Program: The Approach Formula - https://www.CoachMarkSing.com/The-Approach-Formula   About The Unapologetic Man Podcast The Unapologetic Man Podcast is your resource for mastering dating, attraction, and relationships from a confident, masculine perspective. Hosted by Mark Sing, this podcast gives men the tools and mindset shifts needed to succeed in their dating lives and build lasting, high-value relationships. #UnapologeticMan #MensPodcast #TheIck #TryHard #Attraction #DatingAdvice #Confidence #SelfImprovement   

"We are so well positioned to have it continue and flourish because we have become a Perpetual Purpose Trust, which means this place is no longer owned by one person or any financial interest—it is owned by purpose." —Michael Stusser "We're always trying to figure out how we keep moving the property forward in a way that's sustainable, and also how it's going to impact our guests, our business, our staff." —Heather Bishop  A perpetual purpose trust sounds like a legal footnote until you meet the two people who actually built one. This episode traces how Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary in Sonoma County became the first U.S. spa to place itself inside that structure — permanently removing any future owner's ability to chase profit over mission.  Justine first sits down with founder Michael Stusser, who traces the idea back to a single afternoon in an 800-year-old Kyoto stone garden, and then with CEO Heather Bishop, who inherited the vision and had to figure out how to make it legally unbreakable. This one's for anyone who's tired of the word "sustainable" doing all the talking and none of the work. Michael and Heather don't just describe the enzyme bath, the meditation gardens, or the gray water system — they explain the budgeting, the permits, and the trade-offs behind each one. It's a conversation about what it actually costs, in time and humility, to build something that outlasts you. The enzyme bath's heat comes entirely from billions of thermophilic bacteria fermenting Douglas fir and rice bran — not from any external heat source. Osmosis's perpetual purpose trust means the business has no human shareholder; its "shareholder" is the mission itself, enforced by a trust committee and an independent trust enforcer. The five-and-a-half-acre property couldn't legally go into the same trust as the business, so it's being paid off and moved into a separate land trust over the next three to five years. A gray water system currently covers roughly 50–60% of the property's irrigation needs, with a rainwater catchment system planned to close the gap entirely. Osmosis sources its enzyme bath wood shavings as a byproduct from local lumber operations that would otherwise throw them away. Trust-based decision-making already changed real policy — Heather cites expanding paid time off to all staff, including part-time employees, as a direct result of the trust's staff-benefit objectives. Listen to the full conversation with Michael Stusser and Heather Bishop, and follow Essential Ingredients so you don't miss what's next. https://tinyurl.com/Essential-Ingredients-Podcast  Meet Michael:   Michael Stusser, founder of Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary, is a pioneer in ecological sustainability, organic gardening, and holistic wellness. Beginning his journey at UC Santa Cruz in the late 1960s, he helped establish horticultural training centers and later served on the board of the Farallones Institute in Sonoma County.  In the early 1980s, Michael apprenticed in traditional landscape gardening in Kyoto, Japan, where he immersed himself in Zen meditation and discovered the healing power of cedar enzyme baths. Returning to California in 1984, he introduced this unique practice, gaining national recognition in outlets like The New York Times and CNN. By 1988, he transformed five acres in Freestone into Osmosis, blending inspired landscaping, meditation traditions, and eco‑restoration to create a sanctuary rooted in sustainability, spirituality, and rejuvenation.  LinkedIn Meet Heather:  Heather Bishop is the CEO of Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary, where she leads one of Northern California's most distinctive hospitality businesses with a focus on people‑centered leadership and operational excellence. Over the past decade, she has guided Osmosis through transformative organizational change, overseeing operations, finance, HR, strategic planning, and guest experience for a team of 80+.  Heather recently spearheaded the company's transition into a Purpose Trust‑owned business—one of the few in the United States—ensuring long‑term mission preservation while modernizing governance, HR systems, and employee benefits. With expertise in executive leadership, organizational development, change management, and hospitality operations, Heather is dedicated to building resilient, purpose‑driven organizations where employees thrive and guests enjoy exceptional experiences.  LinkedIn Connect with Osmosis:  Website Instagram Facebook  X YouTube Pinterest Connect with NextGen Purpose: Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Podcast Chapters: 01:48 Meet Michael Stusser: The Kyoto Garden That Started It All 03:11 What Is an Enzyme Bath, Really? 09:51 Osmosis Becomes a Perpetual Purpose Trust 13:03 Self-Love, Deep Peace: Osmosis's Core Mission 16:38 Meet Heather Bishop: Massage Therapist to CEO 19:40 Stewarding Salmon Creek and the Meditation Gardens 27:17 Inside the Cedar Enzyme Bath's Sustainable Sourcing 30:28 Perpetual Purpose Trust, Explained in Plain Terms 36:03 Why the Land Stayed Out of the Trust 39:30 What Sustainability Actually Costs  THE PRIMES  ✨ You're more capable than you have ever been, and somehow more invisible than ever. You keep handing out advice you do not take yourself. You keep saying 'after this next thing' to your own life, and the people around you have no idea because, from the outside, everything looks fine— that is exactly what The Primes was built for.

Marriage is not the soft place. It is the furnace. Marcus said the obstacle is the way. Put marriage in that seat and the claim sharpens. The repeating argument is not blocking the path. That argument is the path applying pressure where the old pattern still runs. The night both of you go quiet after the same trigger is not failure. That silence is the curriculum arriving on schedule. The urge to leave the room or shut down is not weakness. It is the exact moment the work begins. Easy love is the story sold so people keep buying the product. Real love is continuous heat that keeps asking whether you can stay when the test looks like the same fight for the hundredth time. Soft life says cut anything heavy and protect your peace at all costs. This concept says the continuous reprimand is the only force strong enough to build a peace that can actually hold weight. One side treats friction as violence. The other treats it as the living initiation the culture stopped providing. The nervous system rewires under sustained pressure it cannot easily escape. Marriage raises the walls and makes the exit expensive so the temperature can rise high enough to force the meeting with the unfinished self. Unmarried intimacy can still teach, but the door stays easier to walk through. Most people leave the moment it stops feeling like choice. The temple will not let you hide. The mirror keeps showing the places you still abandon yourself. The furnace does not care if you are ready. The daily heat is the way. Stay long enough and the obstacle stops being the problem. It becomes the only reliable teacher left in the house. Questions to Consider: 1. The Neurobiological Reframe (Scientific & Psychological) If the brain is evolutionarily wired for homeostasis and threat-reduction, does the pursuit of an "easy, frictionless love" actually cause psychological atrophy? From a neurobiological standpoint, could life's continuous reprimand and relational friction be the exact biological catalysts required to trigger neuroplasticity and emotional maturity? 2. The Semantic Substitution (Philosophical & Authorial) If we substitute "marriage" for "obstacle" in Marcus Aurelius's famous axiom—rendering it "Marriage is the path"—does the institution cease to be a destination of safety and instead become an active, adversarial crucible? If so, is the widespread dissatisfaction with marriage rooted in a narrative error: expecting a harbor when we have actually signed up for an ocean? 3. The Metaphysical Threshold (Metaphysical & Empirical) If life is an infinite, non-terminating testing ground of your peace, boundaries, and endurance, what is the ultimate nature of the "tester"? Is the continuous reprimand an indifferent law of a chaotic universe, or is it a metaphysically responsive mirror designed to relentlessly expose the exact areas where your self-mastery is incomplete? 4. The Domestic Darwinism Paradox (Clinical & Empirical) Clinically speaking, long-term intimacy forces a confrontation with the "Shadow" of both partners. Why do we empirically observe that unmarried or less institutionalized couples often report higher temporary baseline satisfaction, while married couples face deeper existential turbulence? Is marriage inherently designed to maximize distress to accelerate individuation? 5. The Fallacy of Resignation vs. Radical Acceptance (Zen & Clinical) Where is the boundary line between the Zen practice of "stopping the fight with reality" and the clinical trap of learned helplessness? How does an individual determine if they are engaging directly with a relational obstacle to find a lesson, or if they are merely staying comfortable in a toxic cycle of "life's continuous reprimand"? 6. The Commodification of Intimacy (Authorial & Philosophic) In modern culture, love is often marketed as a consumer good that should yield maximum emotional comfort for minimal psychological cost ("Easy Love"). From an authorial and cultural critique standpoint, how has the capitalist expectation of "convenience" poisoned our capacity to view relational struggle as a sacred, non-negotiable path to wisdom? 7. The Boundary-Peace Antinomy (Psychological & Metaphysical) Can true psychological peace exist without the constant presence of an external force testing its boundaries? If peace is never tested, is it actually peace, or is it merely an fragile illusion born of isolation? Does the continuous testing of our boundaries by those we love actually define and strengthen the architecture of the soul? 8. The Ryan Holiday / Stoic Extension (Authorial & Empirical) If "what stands in the way becomes the way," then the specific, recurring argument, the mismatched libido, or the emotional distance in a relationship is not a sign of failure, but the literal curriculum. Why does empirical human behavior consistently reject this curriculum, treating relational obstacles as exit ramps rather than the engine of the relationship? 9. The Calculus of "More Trouble Than It's Worth" (Philosophical & Clinical) When a society increasingly concludes that intimate relationships are "more trouble than they are worth," what metric of "worth" are they using? If the worth is measured in hedonistic pleasure, the conclusion is correct. But if the worth is measured in existential depth, is avoiding the "trouble" of love actually a form of spiritual and psychological bankruptcy? 10. The Ultimate Zen Paradox of "Easy Love" (Zen & Metaphysical) Could the true, deepest definition of "Easy Love" be achieved only after one completely surrenders to the fact that love is inherently brutal, continuous work? Is it possible that love only becomes "easy" when we stop demanding that it be comfortable, thereby turning the obstacle entirely into the path? Why is marriage or intimate relationships often viewed as being more trouble than it's worth? Should the marriage construct of relationships be expected to be more challenging than those of unmarried couples? Could the word “obstacle” be used instead of “marriage” in the quote “The obstacle is the path?” by Marcus Aurelius? 1. If the nervous system only rewires under sustained pressure it cannot escape, what happens to a person who spends decades selecting partners who never raise the temperature high enough to force that rewiring? 2. When two people stay married through the same repeating fracture for fifteen years, is the fracture still a problem or has it become the only reliable teacher left in the house? 3. Does the cultural demand for easy love quietly train people to treat any sustained discomfort as evidence the relationship itself is defective rather than evidence the self still has work to do? 4. If the body records every completed defense as a new entry in its pain library, how many times can a couple complete the same argument before the library starts running the relationship without their consent? 5. What if the higher temporary satisfaction reported by unmarried couples is not proof of superiority but proof that the structure has not yet forced both people to meet the parts of themselves they still refuse to claim?

Marriage is not the soft place. It is the furnace. Marcus said the obstacle is the way. Put marriage in that seat and the claim sharpens. The repeating argument is not blocking the path. That argument is the path applying pressure where the old pattern still runs. The night both of you go quiet after the same trigger is not failure. That silence is the curriculum arriving on schedule. The urge to leave the room or shut down is not weakness. It is the exact moment the work begins. Easy love is the story sold so people keep buying the product. Real love is continuous heat that keeps asking whether you can stay when the test looks like the same fight for the hundredth time. Soft life says cut anything heavy and protect your peace at all costs. This concept says the continuous reprimand is the only force strong enough to build a peace that can actually hold weight. One side treats friction as violence. The other treats it as the living initiation the culture stopped providing. The nervous system rewires under sustained pressure it cannot easily escape. Marriage raises the walls and makes the exit expensive so the temperature can rise high enough to force the meeting with the unfinished self. Unmarried intimacy can still teach, but the door stays easier to walk through. Most people leave the moment it stops feeling like choice. The temple will not let you hide. The mirror keeps showing the places you still abandon yourself. The furnace does not care if you are ready. The daily heat is the way. Stay long enough and the obstacle stops being the problem. It becomes the only reliable teacher left in the house. Questions to Consider: 1. The Neurobiological Reframe (Scientific & Psychological) If the brain is evolutionarily wired for homeostasis and threat-reduction, does the pursuit of an "easy, frictionless love" actually cause psychological atrophy? From a neurobiological standpoint, could life's continuous reprimand and relational friction be the exact biological catalysts required to trigger neuroplasticity and emotional maturity? 2. The Semantic Substitution (Philosophical & Authorial) If we substitute "marriage" for "obstacle" in Marcus Aurelius's famous axiom—rendering it "Marriage is the path"—does the institution cease to be a destination of safety and instead become an active, adversarial crucible? If so, is the widespread dissatisfaction with marriage rooted in a narrative error: expecting a harbor when we have actually signed up for an ocean? 3. The Metaphysical Threshold (Metaphysical & Empirical) If life is an infinite, non-terminating testing ground of your peace, boundaries, and endurance, what is the ultimate nature of the "tester"? Is the continuous reprimand an indifferent law of a chaotic universe, or is it a metaphysically responsive mirror designed to relentlessly expose the exact areas where your self-mastery is incomplete? 4. The Domestic Darwinism Paradox (Clinical & Empirical) Clinically speaking, long-term intimacy forces a confrontation with the "Shadow" of both partners. Why do we empirically observe that unmarried or less institutionalized couples often report higher temporary baseline satisfaction, while married couples face deeper existential turbulence? Is marriage inherently designed to maximize distress to accelerate individuation? 5. The Fallacy of Resignation vs. Radical Acceptance (Zen & Clinical) Where is the boundary line between the Zen practice of "stopping the fight with reality" and the clinical trap of learned helplessness? How does an individual determine if they are engaging directly with a relational obstacle to find a lesson, or if they are merely staying comfortable in a toxic cycle of "life's continuous reprimand"? 6. The Commodification of Intimacy (Authorial & Philosophic) In modern culture, love is often marketed as a consumer good that should yield maximum emotional comfort for minimal psychological cost ("Easy Love"). From an authorial and cultural critique standpoint, how has the capitalist expectation of "convenience" poisoned our capacity to view relational struggle as a sacred, non-negotiable path to wisdom? 7. The Boundary-Peace Antinomy (Psychological & Metaphysical) Can true psychological peace exist without the constant presence of an external force testing its boundaries? If peace is never tested, is it actually peace, or is it merely an fragile illusion born of isolation? Does the continuous testing of our boundaries by those we love actually define and strengthen the architecture of the soul? 8. The Ryan Holiday / Stoic Extension (Authorial & Empirical) If "what stands in the way becomes the way," then the specific, recurring argument, the mismatched libido, or the emotional distance in a relationship is not a sign of failure, but the literal curriculum. Why does empirical human behavior consistently reject this curriculum, treating relational obstacles as exit ramps rather than the engine of the relationship? 9. The Calculus of "More Trouble Than It's Worth" (Philosophical & Clinical) When a society increasingly concludes that intimate relationships are "more trouble than they are worth," what metric of "worth" are they using? If the worth is measured in hedonistic pleasure, the conclusion is correct. But if the worth is measured in existential depth, is avoiding the "trouble" of love actually a form of spiritual and psychological bankruptcy? 10. The Ultimate Zen Paradox of "Easy Love" (Zen & Metaphysical) Could the true, deepest definition of "Easy Love" be achieved only after one completely surrenders to the fact that love is inherently brutal, continuous work? Is it possible that love only becomes "easy" when we stop demanding that it be comfortable, thereby turning the obstacle entirely into the path? Why is marriage or intimate relationships often viewed as being more trouble than it's worth? Should the marriage construct of relationships be expected to be more challenging than those of unmarried couples? Could the word “obstacle” be used instead of “marriage” in the quote “The obstacle is the path?” by Marcus Aurelius? 1. If the nervous system only rewires under sustained pressure it cannot escape, what happens to a person who spends decades selecting partners who never raise the temperature high enough to force that rewiring? 2. When two people stay married through the same repeating fracture for fifteen years, is the fracture still a problem or has it become the only reliable teacher left in the house? 3. Does the cultural demand for easy love quietly train people to treat any sustained discomfort as evidence the relationship itself is defective rather than evidence the self still has work to do? 4. If the body records every completed defense as a new entry in its pain library, how many times can a couple complete the same argument before the library starts running the relationship without their consent? 5. What if the higher temporary satisfaction reported by unmarried couples is not proof of superiority but proof that the structure has not yet forced both people to meet the parts of themselves they still refuse to claim? 

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In this episode, I explore how psi abilities and siddhis emerge through inner work, heart-centered consciousness, and shadow integration. Drawing from experiencer accounts, spiritual traditions, and subtle-body teachings, I define the sacred interior, and why extraordinary perception requires ethics, maturity, and an undefended heart. KEY THEMES The relationship between anomalous experiences and psychological/spiritual development Psi abilities and siddhis as natural but ethically neutral human capacities What Robin calls the “sacred interior” described across traditions (Zen, Sufism, Patanjali, Vajrayana, shamanic lineages) The heart as the central organ of multidimensional perception Shadow work, parts work, and inner child work as prerequisites for stability and clarity The dangers of spiritual materialism, ego inflation, and unintegrated power The possibility of using psi abilities in service rather than self-aggrandizement Jordan Jozak  and Jesse Michels — American Alchemy podcast Rich Archer & Keith Parker — Buddha at the Gas Pump Shinzen Young — The Science of Enlightenment and the “Realm of Powers” framework ⁠Dr. Carrie Murphy⁠ and I are opening small group coaching spaces called Golden Threads. Carrie brings grounded clarity from ancient eastern wisdom traditions and I share a bunch of stuff NHI taught me. These spaces will be capped at 8 participants. If you're interested, email me at earthalovestory@gmail.com to get on the waiting list. It's gonna be a good time. Buy my book ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Earth: A Love Story⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our beautiful musical soundscapes are provided by Morgan Jenks. You can support ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠his new album on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or find out more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠morganjenks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find me on instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@robin_lassiter_honeyheart⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@earth_a_love_story⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To join my mailing list or book a 1:1 session with me, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠robinlassiter.com⁠⁠⁠ SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We're a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. ⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠ ⁠linktr.ee/spectrevision⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From [ Zen and Inner Peace Vol. Two ]By Chan Master Sheng Yen / Narrated by Ying shyan Ku "Zen & Inner Peace - Volume Two" is a book of teachings by Chan Master Sheng-Yen. It contains his broadcast transcripts focusing on Buddhist wisdom. The book covers five main topics: business leadership, the art of work, Chan practice, meditation, and using Zen in everyday life.

Lorsqu'on doit prendre une décision difficile en tant que femme leader, la tentation de la repousser à plus tard peut être forte. Par peur, par inconfort, ou en espérant que la situation se règle d'elle-même. Et pourtant, ces non-décisions coûtent cher : en énergie, en clarté, en crédibilité.Dans cet épisode, vous découvrez comment la conviction You can do hard things devient un outil de coaching puissant pour faire face aux décisions difficiles avec courage, responsabilité et alignement. Je vous partage pourquoi, selon moi, le courage est la posture centrale du leadership, et comment l'adopter concrètement dans votre quotidien de dirigeante.Dans cet épisode, vous découvrez comment :faire face à une décision difficile sans rester bloquée dans l'attentismedévelopper un courage managérial qui inclut la peur, sans vous laisser diriger par ellerenforcer votre posture de leader dans les conversations et choix inconfortablesutiliser des outils de coaching pour sortir de la zone de confort et passer à l'actionincarner un leadership féminin plus aligné, plus clair et plus impactantRepousser une décision difficile, éviter une conversation ou différer un choix important sont souvent des stratégies par défaut. Mais les femmes leaders qui s'épanouissent durablement dans leur carrière sont celles qui assument leur responsabilité de leader, s'appuient sur une stratégie de leadership consciente et osent décider, même quand c'est inconfortable.Cet épisode est une invitation à regarder ce que vous évitez aujourd'hui, à mesurer ce que cela vous coûte, et à vous rappeler une vérité essentielle : vous êtes capable de faire des choses difficiles. C'est en développant cette compétence que se construisent la confiance en soi et l'alignement professionnel, au service de votre impact et de votre sérénité.Pour vous abonner à ma lettre hebdomadaire dédiée aux dirigeantes : cliquez iciPour en savoir plus sur NOVA✨, l'accompagnement individuel de dirigeante : cliquez ici ****Rejoignez la newsletter Sensées : elle vous donne accès à un concentré de coaching et d'inspiration. Inscrivez-vous gratuitement en cliquant ici. Tout comme sur le podcast Sensées, on y parle de leadership, d'ambition, de confiance en soi, de motivation, de carrière, d'outils de développement personnel, de management, de prise de poste, de prise de parole, et. : bref, de tout ce qui concerne le quotidien des femmes ambitieuses.***Avec NOVA, j'accompagne individuellement les dirigeantes. Dans ce programme de coaching et de mentoring, confidentiel et sur-mesure, je vous aide à dépasser vos challenges et atteindre vos objectifs, dans un contexte politique et stratégique qui demande de la hauteur, du sang-froid et une vision claire. Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus.**Notre guide "10 leviers essentiels pour les décideuses" est un véritable concentré d'outils de coaching et de mentoring, les mêmes que nous utilisons dans le programme Sensées. Il est conçu pour toutes les directrices, dirigeantes et entrepreneures qui sont fatiguées de porter seules les responsabilités. Si vous avez l'impression que votre quotidien vous échappe petit à petit, ce guide est fait pour vous. Cliquez ici pour obtenir votre exemplaire offert !*Vous représentez une entreprise et souhaitez développer le leadership de vos talents féminins ? : cliquez ici.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Building wealth through real estate starts with making smart decisions. This week on Real Estate Today, we explore how homeowners and investors can make their properties work harder for them and build long-term value. Learn which property characteristics can boost value, what can hurt an investment, what to look for in a property with long-term potential and the biggest mistakes first-time rental property investors should avoid. Guests include Jonathan Greene, real estate investor and host of the podcast "Zen and the Art of Real Estate Investing," and Lisa Patterson, REALTOR® in Charleston, S.C.

Supporters show up at the trial of killer Lindsay Clancy, Hayden Panettiere's mom on GMA, Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story, soft guy stuck in a sign, John Barrowman needs his jammies, and Corey Feldman's son Zen wants to fight Jim & Them. Josh Sell > Jim Bentley. Trudi is an illegal immigrant. Is everybody using REAL ID? Hayden Panettiere's mom breaks her silence on GMA. Hayden and James Blunt have been lynched.  Blunt's defense is his small wiener. Hayden's neighbor popped off with Billy Bush. Bryan Callen is ashamed of Brendan Schaub. Corey Feldman butchers Tom Petty's Free Fallen'. His son, Zen, wants to fist fight Jim and Them. Careful talking crap about XXXTentacion around the Feldmans. Jason Arday sure lied a lot. AJ Gow got stuck in a road sign and was so sweaty he recorded a goodbye video to his family. A new documentary, Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story, covers the crimes of the comedian's brother. Where is Darryl McCauley today? An even better doc is coming to Netflix: Untold Mr. T: I Pity The Fool. Actor John Barrowman whines about not getting pajamas on an airplane. Hofstra University Professor Richard Himelfarb is in trouble for being racist... and correct. Child-murderer, Lindsay Clancy, has so many fans. Her ex-husband is still in the crosshairs of the internet. Karen Solomon has been found dead after she murdered her husband and went on the run. Harry and Meghan can't wait to sell photos of their stupid face-less brats to People Magazine. Anybody seen Doria Ragland lately? Marc recommends Grey Gardens from 1975. Kacey Musgraves loves big balls. Clavicular livestreamed a barfight. WATP's Karl Hamburger will join us tomorrow. Merch is available if you want to rep the show. Word of mouth, brah. If you'd like to help support the show… consider subscribing to our YouTube Channel, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew Lane, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels, Jim Bentley, BranDon, and Roberto).

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In this episode of Unfiltered Waters, Elizabeth Beisel and Todd Anderson, Katie Hoff's husband, fill in a week before she gives birth, sitting down with Olympic medalist Katie Grimes ahead of the Pan Pacific Championships. She's coming off a national title in the 1500 free, but at Pan Pacs she's skipping that race for the 10K open water, an event she hasn't swum in two years and chose to bring back herself. So why give up your best event for one that takes almost two hours and offers no second chance?Katie explains the swap: a strong stretch of endurance training made this the year to add the 10K back on, even with a tight turnaround into the 400 IM just 36 hours later. Her taper barely changes, since her UVA coaches know she doesn't need much of one. There's no cool down after a 10K, so she refuels, sleeps, and flushes it out with an easy swim that afternoon. Todd asks how that back to back double gets managed, and Katie walks through the turnaround.Along the way, the conversation goes places most swim interviews don't: designing her own Jolyn swimsuit line and watching friends raid the sample box in her room, the wildlife she's actually spotted swimming open water, turtles and snakes, no sharks thankfully, and an off day hunting for good shopping in Huntington Beach. She admits her pre race mindset for a two hour open water swim is the opposite of an 800: instead of psyching herself up, she's trying to find her Zen before her mind starts wandering.Underneath the race talk is a real shift in how Katie relates to her own training. She used to answer every question about her workload with I don't care, and walks through learning to actually ask her coach for more, an extra practice, an extra set, once she trusted what her body needed. She frames it as advice for younger swimmers too: that relationship has to stay open, because what works for you changes once you get to college. It's a lesson that lands differently coming from Elizabeth, who's lived that same transition herself.Whether you're a swimmer trying to figure out how to actually talk to your coach or someone who's never done a lap but is curious what it takes to swim for two hours straight, this episode delivers. Watch the episode, then head to the comments and let us know: what's one thing you've had to learn to ask your coach for? Subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media (https://linktr.ee/unfilteredwaters) for clips, bonus content, and updates throughout the week.Note: this conversation was recorded ahead of the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships, so Katie's answers reflect where her head was heading into the meet, not how the racing actually went.FOLLOW KATIE GRIMES ON:Instagram: @_katie.grimes_#UnfilteredWaters #Swimming #KatieGrimes #ElizabethBeisel #PanPacs2026

Alan Watts reveals the harmony of embracing our human role while also recognizing that we are the entire cosmos.Today's episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/alan and get on your way to being your best self.This time on the Being in the Way podcast, Alan Watts discusses:Remembering our inherent oneness with all thingsLiving on two levels at once: the relative world and the ultimate realityUnderstanding life as a “controlled accident” and learning to play our social roles on demandPretending not to notice the fundamental light of existence Seeing life's most serious predicaments as part of a cosmic gameRecognizing how our fascination with details can cause us to lose sight of the bigger pictureEngaging fully in the game of life while recognizing our true natureThis series is brought to you by the Alan Watts Organization and Ram Dass' Love Serve Remember Foundation. Visit Alanwatts.org for full talks from Alan Watts."Deep down, who are you? That's the thing that's been forgotten. That's the underside of the tapestry, the thing that's been left out because what we are carefully taught to ignore is that every one of us, fundamentally, deep, deep inside, is an act of, function of, performance of, manifestation of the works, the whole blinking cosmos with all its galaxies.” –Alan WattsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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