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EPISODE LXXVIV: REFLECT, RELOAD, AND GO FORWARD GRASSHOPPER!

  I take a minute to talk about my 2024 and give as much wisdom and nuggets I can to help you take in 2024.  Reflect on the good and the bad.  Reload yourself to prepare to kick ass, and then go do it!  You got this. Happy new year! MUSIC FROM THIS EPISODE THE END - The Doors NEVER - Ozzy Osbourne OPTIMISTIC - Radiohead INSTANT KARMA (WE ALL SHINE THROUGH) - John Lennon TURN THE PAGE - Bob Segar/Metallica STILL THE ONE - Shania Twain

FIVE RANDOM THINGS FOR DECEMBER

  Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you are having a nice holiday. As I do towards the end of every month, I was to share a couple of thoughts and observations about yoga life, pop culture, whatever I happen to observe this month. (Read more)

EPISODE LXXVIII: THE YIN AND YANG OF CHRISTMAS

It’s Christmas time, breathe and bounce style and yes, I get a little carried away. Here I talk to the people who do not like Christmas and validate their feelings and I also put together a little celebration for the ones who do remember in life there’s a yin and a yang MUSIC FROM THIS EPISODE YOURE A MEAN ONE MR GRINCH - Thurl Ravenscroft THERES NO PRESENTS FOR CHRISTMAS - King Diamond OH COME OLE YE FAITHFUTL - Twisted Sister JOLLY OLD ST NICHOLAS/THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - Ray Coniff HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - Vanessa Williams CHESTNUTS (THE CHRISTMAS SONG) - Nat King Cole

EPISODE LXXVII: BUILD AND BELIEVE

Sometimes we hurt too many people and make way too many mistakes and believe there is no hope.  I have been really working on myself for a couple of years and I can't let the sins of my past become the roadblocks of my present.  Otherwise there is no future.  So I talk about how we can build a better version of ourselves and believe everything will work out. MUSIC FROM THIS EPSIODE   INTO THE VOID - Nine Inch Nails LOST - Illenium BLACK LODGE - Anthrax OUTSIDE - Calvin Harris w/ Ellie Goulding TOO MANY QUESTIONS - Nero BELIEVE - Savatage

THE LUCKY ONES

As we travel throughout life, we look around us and sometimes we find ourselves joining a certain club without our knowledge. It's a club my teacher and new friend Rina calls "the comparison club." We go on social media and see people have things experiences that we are like I wish we could have that, or look how happy they are, I wish I was that happy. When we go to the gym, some of us look at people there and say boy I wish I could look like that. By doing this, we are missing a much bigger picture than Kodak, the photo company that provides pictures for those special "kodak moments," you know, the ones you see on social media. (read more)  

EPISODE LXXVI: PROCRASTINATION AND PATIENCE

 It's a fine line we walk.  Learning how to have patience for things to come, but not getting it confused with not taking any action steps to get there.  I talk about the dangers and potential losses when it comes to procrastinating, and how some times the waiting is the hardest part, as the poet Tom Petty said, but it may be worth it and much more satisfying.  MUSIC FROM THIS WEEK I CAN HELP - Billy Swan DO IT LATER - Dave Whiten Saga THE WAIT - Metallica WAITING FOR LOVE - Avicii FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME - Foreigner IS ANYBODY LISTENING - Queensryche

THE SCREAMING MIND

 If there is one thing I have learned over the last couple of decades is that my mind ran the show. The second guessing, the bad esteem, the anxiety, all of those things. I didn't do the necessary things I needed to do to get my mind right. It cost me plenty, but it also hurt those around me.  (read more)

EPISODE LXXV: THE NEXT LEVEL

 What does the next level mean to you?  Maybe it's a new job, new car, new something.  Maybe it is when you peel away a version of yourself and find a more authentic you.  Either way, let's talk about this and perhaps you can find what the next level means for you MUSIC FROM THIS EPISODE NEW LEVEL - A$AP Ferg w/ Future THIS TIME - Axwell ^ Ingrosso ONE STEP UP - Bruce Springsteen CRAZY TRAIN - Ozzzy Osbourne LEVELS - Avicii HOLD ON - Yngwie Malmsteen

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