Philosophy. If you are turned down by the word, don't waste too much time on this post. 

But if, like me, you see in Philosophy an art that we need more than ever in today's world, you are about to have a goooooooood time.

Meet William Cunningham (IG profile: wjcunn1ngham), a professor in philosophy and ethics at The University of Notre Dame Australia, a brazilian 🇧🇷 jiu-jitsu instructor and a man in life-style transition - from urban to nature. 

This episode is unique. 

In the 32 episodes of the podcast, I always took the time to deep dive into the life of each pf my guests. At the end, the audience and I felt we knew each guest better, sometimes intimately. 

At the end of THIS episode, I still had no clue about Will's life. But I had the feeling I knew him very closely. Like a long-time friend. 

This is the power of great connections. 

We dived directly into a conversation about touching the Sacred and we journeyed from that point, in a free and deep flow, full of joy and mutual care. 

Here are some of the things we talked about: 

👪 What we believe in is vastly inherited
❓ Being open to questioning our beliefs is a critical skill to a fulfilling existence
🔨 Experiencing is key. Thinking alone leads nowhere
🙏 Gratitude is a super power
⛰️ Plato's cave myth is a very useful story to understand key dimensions of life
❤️ I think therefore I am (Descartes) -> I love therefore I am

And MUCH MUCH MORE 🤩🤩🤩!!!

I often say that the most difficult battle and deep desire in my life is to truly LOVE myself. 

At the end of the episode, I was thinking that maybe my true desire is to LIVE myself. 

It was a fascinating conversation. Dive into it with the curiosity and joy of an explorer.

ENJOY TO THE MAX 🤩🤩🤩!!!

#33 Wil Cunningham - Love is the ultimate reality - A fabulous discussion with a modern Pilgrim

Mindfulness ❌❌❌

I could not hear this word anymore. Full of fluff. I had the sensation that everyone used it at all times for everything.

In fact, I just did not understand what mindfulness was.

Terri Allen helped me view mindfulness in a completely different way.

Because, after living the high life, creating the Dubai Fashion week 2 decades ago, working in fashion and beauty, she operated a radical change.

Terri is an incredible human being: her life is dedicated to give Children a Voice and enrich their education by TEACHING mindfulness ❤️.

She wrote 2 books 📖 (in fact 3 books, you will hear that in the episode next week) for kids (find them here: https://lnkd.in/djq3T4My), has a foundation and coaches kids and parents who want to navigate the adventure of life with strong roots and landmarks.

I spent the whole conversation learning and opening my mind with Terri, broadening my horizons on a topic I found boring and misused.

Thank you Terri 🙏❤️

Here a few things we talked about 🎙:

❌ Mindfulness is NOT about being perfect and be exempt of the hassles of life
🔌 Mindfulness IS about awareness and connectedness
⚓️ It helps you navigate the adventure of life with solid roots
🧒 Teaching mindfulness to children has a huge impact on their upbringing
☯️ Mindfulness helps you balance THINKING with FEELING and PRESENCE
🎬 We are the writers, actors and producers of our life
🔁 Unpleasant Patterns are a sign to stop and uncover the dust under your carpet

AND SO SO MUCH MORE 🤩🤩🤩!!!!

Discover more about Terri Allen on her foundation website: https://lnkd.in/djaf9MHz

ENJOY TO THE MAX 🤩🤩🤩!!!

#34 Terri Allen - The magic of mindfulness

I do not know how to introduce this episode. 

Josh Bishop will probably impact you just like me: deeply. 

He is an award-winning director specializing in feature documentaries. Check what he has done here 👉 https://lnkd.in/drDJYqmf and here 👉https://lnkd.in/dNEfUYbQ.

But Josh did not have it easy. 

He has one of the most incredible lives I have known so far. 

A hectic life. Sometimes really tough. 

Josh might not agree, but to me he is a true survivor. A miracle. 

This episode is the Part 1 of our conversation. That's a first since I created the show. 

Part 2 is in the making. 

This is a unique episode: 

- You will embark on the incredible life of Josh. A hectic journey. Tough. Full of ups and mega downs. 
- You will not believe what Josh shares with us. Nor how he is alive and the great person he is today.
- You will be touched by the man, the artist, the father, the husband, the son, the brother, and more. All imperfect. All like you and me. Just real and beautiful.

My bet is that you will be changed by that episode. 

And that you will desperately wait for Part 2. 

ENJOY TO THE MAX 🤩🤩🤩!!!

Thank you William Cunningham (IG profile: wjcunn1ngham) for introducing me to Josh ❤️

#35 Joshua Bishop, PART 1/2 - Defying life circumstances and living of your art

And there it is. The PART II of my conversation with Josh Bishop 🤩🤩🤩

I received a lot of feedback on PART I. The story of Josh touched and resonated with quite a lot of you.

In that second conversation, Josh and I dive a bit more into the world of film-making and Josh's career.

Here are some of the things we talked about:

🎬 There is a deep difference between US movies and European ones: European movies are NOT made for commerce

🤝 It truly is about who you know

🙃 His first documentary Made in Japan was supposed to follow a stellar path and it did not eventually, which was a big let down

🔗 You do movies because you HAVE TO (as a personal necessity), not because you WANT TO

≠ Career and purpose are two very different things

AND MUCH MUCH MORE!!!!

ENJOY TO THE MAX 🤩🤩🤩!!!

#37 Joshua Bishop, Part 2/2 - Do it anyway

Authenticity. A word I have always struggled with. 

Overused. Misunderstood. Damaging, especially when used to judge people: "He is not authentic..." 

And then I received on the show Troels Mark Meyer, the author of the book The Art of Being Authentic (available here: https://a.co/d/8jQuyCb)

I enjoyed the book and yet did not agree with all of it. 

I enjoyed even more exploring our respective approaches during the episode.

We both learned a lot. What a great moment of flow, what a joy to move forward with Mark during our conversation!

Here are a few nuggets of what we discussed during the episode: 

🥅 Goal driven and Purpose driven are 2 very different ball games with 2 different destinations
😞 Trauma is not a matter of "how big it was" but "how you perceived it"
📣 Changing language when sharing your emotions can have a massive impact. Example: Transform "I am angry" into "I feel anger" and see for yourself!
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 It is not just about you. Others play a prime role in the way we live our lives
🪄 There is a strong difference between Intentions and Manifestations

AND MUCH MUCH MORE 🤩🤩🤩!!!

I enjoyed the conversation with you Troels Mark Meyer. I learned so much. I liked the debate. It was a great moment. 

Don't miss this episode and tell me what you think in the comments!

Here is how you can connect with Mark: 

Website: https://tmarkmeyer.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authentictmarkmeyer/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/troelsmarkmeyer/

ENJOY TO THE MAX 🤩🤩🤩!!!

#38 Mark Meyer - The art of being authentic

He was not great at school. Nor did he know what you wanted to do with his life by his early 20s.

Until he stepped in #kendo dojo.

Werner Karnadi, a Data warehouse specialist, is above and beyond the coach of the kendo Dutch national team.

If you love sports you will be hooked by what Werner talks about during our conversation. And she loves figures you will like the way we discuss data and how to approach it with a human focus.

A truly fabulous conversation for this Episode 39.

Here are some extracts of what we talked about:

💔 He underestimated the emotional impact of being laid off, and spiralled down
🗣️ A few words from strangers have significantly impacted his life multiple times
🧐 "Don't take things personally" is absurd. How else do you want to take things?
❓You always have to associate a powerful WHY to your goal
🥋 Winning a match is NOT a goal. What you do to get that point IS a goal
🤷 If I haven't figured it out, then others might have not understood it neither -> I need to explain better.

AND MUCH MUCH MORE 🤩🤩🤩!!!

Thank you Josh Bishop for the connection 🙏❤️

ENJOY TO THE MAX 🤩🤩🤩!!!

#39 Werner Karnadi - Few words. Big impact. From the Dutch Kendo national coach

You might not be ready for this episode. 

I spent well over 2h with the incredible Aurelio C. Hammer, a sound healer and explorer, an artisan crafting instruments that impact us through specific frequencies.

Aurelio lives in Auroville, the last standing utopian community of that scale (where the first ever computer company of India was born) and created a company called SVARAM Musical Instruments & Research (https://svaram.org/). 

One of his specialties? The mathematics of music (I did not know such a term existed). 

You won't believe what you will learn about the powers of sound and its major impacts on our physical, mental and spiritual health. 

Here are some extracts of what we talk about in this episode 40:

🫀 Each instrument touches a different layer of our being (for ex: specific frequencies trigger specific organs in our body)

🤩 There are NO ideal circumstances in life: we all go through struggle

🌪️ Nature can be brutal, far from the romantic idea he had of humans living in symbiosis with nature

❓ We always need to be ready for the unknown

⏭️ The future is more exciting to explore than the past

👲 Back in the Chinese empire, music had a role in social coherence

🧠 Music opens your feeling, your sync and capacity to work with others AND your intellectual capabilities (you read that well)

🙏 There is NO religion nor spiritual tradition without music 

I could continue endlessly. This episode is so rich that it will probably challenge pre-conceived ideas you might not even know you have. 

If you want to feel the joy of exploring new territories, you will enjoy this episode TO THE MAX 🤩🤩🤩!!!

#40 Aurelio C. Hammer - Life is a SOUND adventure

Managing my energy... Here is a difficult topic for me. 

How to understand my energy? How to sync it with others? Which signals should I pay attention to? What can I do to bring a high level of energy?

These are few of the many questions we cover in the next Episode of the podcast with the great Josefine Campbell, executive coach and Author of the book Power Barometer https://josefinecampbell.com/book-power-barometer/.

During 2 hours, I had a fabulous conversation about Josefine and her upbringing, the importance of martial arts in her life, the multiple jobs she had, until she became the executive coach and author she is now. 

Here are a few gems we talked about: 

🥋 She is a quadruple champion of Japanese Jiu Jitsu in Denmark
☝️ Rather than Personal 🆚 Professional, try Private 🆚 Professional because everything is personal
🗓️ It takes 7 years for ALL our cels to have changed in our body 😳
👾 She sees the mind of people like a suite of algorithms or mini programs and it helps her a lot to coach better
⚡️ You can check your energy level before starting a meeting (it's all in the book!)
🎯 We can have multiple purposes - one purpose alone does not reflect our richness and complexity

And MUCH MUCH MUCH MORE !!!

ENJOY TO THE MAX 🤩🤩🤩 !!!

#41 Josefine Campbell - Give up on one purpose in life: you can have many

"I'm not good enough", "People take advantage of me", "I'll never be perfect", "What if I disappoint?", ...

If you have ever said one of these sentences in your own mind and struggled to embark on your own journey because of them, you need to meet Elizabeth Solaru.

✨ Elizabeth Solaru is not the average guest you will listen to. 

She is some kind of a phoenix 🐦‍🔥. Not the typical image of the phoenix that comes out of a near-death experience with all the drama around it. 

But rather the type of phoenix who came out of a solid and well-anchored mental framework 🤯

🤩 Elizabeth chose another path to lead her life and contribute to the world in a way that works for her and that impacts others. 

➡️ Here are a few things you will discover in the episode next week: 

📚 Elizabeth is an author of 2 books: one on cooking and the other one on Luxpreneurs
🫵 She finds that often we find Inclusive Visions with Exclusive Executions
🏛️ A book is not just an object for sales, it is a historical document that leave a mark
🦸‍♀️ She went from victim to hero of her own life 
🎙️ Her podcast Luxury Business Podcast showcases small businesses in the luxury sector https://lnkd.in/dGXeiWKr

AND SO MUCH MORE!!!!

I have enjoyed this episode with you Elizabeth Solaru! Thank you for coming to the show and sharing openly what makes you #you and can inspire us on this beautiful and difficult journey that is life. 

ENJOY TO THE MAX!!!!

#42 Elizabeth Solaru - A flower can bloom in the desert: here is how

Frédéric Roscop is no regular #Osteopath. 

Last year, he was awarded Osteopath of the year and Wellbeing start-up of the year at the Forttuna Global Excellence Awards®

Most importantly, Fred is a wizard when it comes to holistic approach of care, focusing on Body, Mind and Energy. 

He is a researcher in #QantumBiology and has integrated his discoveries in his brand AEQUIL.

A few things about Fred: 

🤧 He was very fragile as a kid with tons of health issues
🥴 At the age of 8yo, he got lime disease 
❌ It took him over a decade to put a name on his condition, mainly because of mistaken diagnosis
☯️ His mission is to cover the gap between long standing suffering and well being
🌄 This is why all he does is about life long well being

Listen to the full episode and discover how Fred is paving the way to a new era of care, healing and well being. 

My dear Fred, I enjoyed so much recording this episode with you and am sure many people will be inspired by what you do. 

ENJOY TO THE MAX 🤩🤩🤩!!!

#44 Frederic Roscop, Osteopath - To be well or not to be well, the choice is yours

Engagement changes everything. 
If you are a professional who seeks to improve your Employee, Customer or Audience engagement, this podcast is for you. 
In each episode, you will meet inspiring people who will encourage to try new things, have more ideas, and grow.

New tracks tagged #BeTheSolution